What does "scrimp" mean?

Scrimp: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Short; scanty; curtailed.
  2. 3.A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]

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