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SCRIMP (6)
scrimp
scrimp, skimp, scrimps, scrimped, scrimping - v
to be very or overly thrifty
Synonyms
economize, pinch, save, skimp, spare
sentence examples
“They scrimped and saved for their big vacation.â€
"had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house"
“Bed frames are something that are surprisingly easy to scrimp on.â€
etymology
scrimp (v.)
"to make too small," 1774, originally in English an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skrumpna "to shrink, shrivel up," Danish skrumpen "shrunken, shriveled"), or from a continental Germanic source akin to Middle High German schrimpfen, German schrumpfen "to shrivel," from Proto-Germanic *skrimp-, from PIE root *(s)kerb- "to turn, bend."
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