Definition of Scrimping

1. Verb. (present participle of scrimp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrimping

1. scrimp [v] - See also: scrimp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrimping

scrimmage
scrimmage line
scrimmaged
scrimmager
scrimmagers
scrimmages
scrimmaging
scrimp
scrimp and save
scrimped
scrimper
scrimpers
scrimpier
scrimpiest
scrimpily
scrimping (current term)
scrimping bar
scrimpingly
scrimpit
scrimple
scrimply
scrimpness
scrimps
scrimptions
scrimpy
scrims
scrimshander
scrimshandered
scrimshandering

Literary usage of Scrimping

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

1. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1903)
"The framing consists in drying and " scrimping" or ... This scrimping is what gives lawns their elastic, springy " feel." I want to draw your attention ..."

2. Electrical Engineer (1891)
"The danger to electrical work is twofold—bad workmanship, and what old women in Buckinghamshire call " scrimping." In previous years we have had our say as ..."

3. Some Facts about Treating Railroad Ties by William Francis Goltra (1912)
"If the life of the timber depends upon the amount of preservative injected, as long-time experience seems to teach, then scrimping the material might be ..."

4. Some Facts about Treating Railroad Ties by William Francis Goltra (1913)
"... as long-time experience seems to teach, then scrimping the material might be expected to result as scrimping usually does in other engineering work, ..."

5. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"The word, in both senses, is colloquial in the north of England and in the United States. scrimping. Scanty; close; parsimonious. Also used adverbially. ..."

6. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"Ma roller, from which the fabric to be printed is unrolled by the movement of the machine, first passing over the scrimping bars 14, and joining at к the ..."

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