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Synonyms for scrimp

Grammar : Verb
Spell : skrimp
Phonetic Transcription : skrɪmp

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Définition of scrimp

Origin :
  • "to make too small," 1774, originally in English an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. 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." Related: Scrimped; scrimping.
  • verb economize
Example sentences :
  • He felt that he had earned a good one, and did not intend to scrimp himself.
  • Extract from : « Flint » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
  • The manager has a fixed salary, so that there is no temptation to scrimp the buyers.
  • Extract from : « Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous » by Sarah K. Bolton
  • The news was entirely unexpected and very unwelcome to Mrs. Scrimp.
  • Extract from : « Grandmother Elsie » by Martha Finley
  • "I've always had medical advice for her when it was needed," snapped Mrs. Scrimp.
  • Extract from : « Grandmother Elsie » by Martha Finley
  • Mrs. Scrimp and Gracie were already seated at the table and had began their meal.
  • Extract from : « Grandmother Elsie » by Martha Finley
  • In the meantime, in the house, Edith had tried to scrimp and save, but it was very difficult.
  • Extract from : « His Family » by Ernest Poole
  • I know what it is like to scrimp and save, and my children are going to be spared that!
  • Extract from : « The Killer » by Stewart Edward White
  • They would get along; scrimp and save; even move to Brooklyn, maybe.
  • Extract from : « Bunker Bean » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And so they live beyond their means or else they scrimp and suffer.
  • Extract from : « Through the Eye of the Needle » by William Dean Howells
  • We are all willing to lessen expenses at home, but we are not to scrimp and pinch ourselves all to pieces.
  • Extract from : « Six Girls » by Fannie Belle Irving

Antonyms for scrimp

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