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scrimp

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Noun

  1. A pinching miser; a niggard.

Verb

  1. To make too small or short; to shortchange.
  2. To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
  3. To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.

Adjective

  1. Short; scanty; curtailed.

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