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scrimped, ppl. a.|skrɪmpt|
Also 8 Sc. scrimpit, -et.
[f. scrimp v. + -ed1.]
Stinted, contracted, narrow.
1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, A Mind that's scrimpit never wants some Care. 1786Burns Ep. to J. S. iii, That auld, capricious carlin, Nature, To mak amends for scrimpet stature, She's turn'd you off a human-creature On her first plan. 1889Daily Tel. 22 Apr. 2 The 4th West Surrey had the new haversack, the cover of which is too scrimped. |