Definition of Skimping

1. Verb. (present participle of skimp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skimping

1. skimp [v] - See also: skimp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skimping

skimo
skimobile
skimobiled
skimobiles
skimobiling
skimos
skimp
skimp and save
skimp over
skimped
skimpier
skimpiest
skimpily
skimpiness
skimpinesses
skimping (current term)
skimps
skimpy
skims
skin
skin-deep
skin-dive
skin-diver
skin-diving
skin-magazine
skin-muscle reflexes
skin-puncture test
skin-pupillary reflex
skin-tight

Literary usage of Skimping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"What a skimping little bit you've given me!" "What a skimping little bonnet she had on!" The word is authorised by Garrick in his " May Day," " a little ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Sometimes, as an adjective, applied to a miserly person, "He's a skimping ould follow." Skip skep night. In Padstow, on one night in November, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1906)
"Following these, came others, who, with the natural desire to make more money, to get more work, pursued other paths and sought, by the skimping of material ..."

4. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"(Raymond) skimping. Same as Jigging. See aleo Skimmings. Skia friction. Friction between a fluid and the surface of a solid moving through It (Webster) Skia ..."

5. What's So and what Isn't by John McClelland Work (1916)
"Instead of pinching and skimping, he can use his money to broaden his mind and make himself an intelligent and useful citizen. It will not be necessary for ..."

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