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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Scrimp (0.00908 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Scrimp.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scrimp
scrimp
v : subsist on a meager allowance;
“scratch and scrimp” [syn:
stint,
skimp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scrimp
Scrimp
\Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scrimped (?; 215); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Scrimping.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D.
krimpen. Cf.
Shrimp,
Shrink.]
To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on
short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to
scrimp the pattern of a coat.
Scrimp and save. Economize and save the money not spent.
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Scrimp
\Scrimp\, a.
Short; scanty; curtailed.
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Scrimp
\Scrimp\, n.
A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]
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