scrimp
- Noun. A pinching miser; a niggard.
- Verb. (transitive) To make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten.
- Verb. (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
- Verb. (intransitive) To be frugal.
- Adjective. Short; scanty; curtailed.
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