scrimp
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Scrimp on urban accommodations if you’re unlikely to spend a lot of time in the room.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023
Miss Scrimp, the matron of the old West Dormitory, had bound Mary Pease to secrecy.
From Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund by Emerson, Alice B.
Scrimp, skrimp, v.t. to make too small or short: to limit or shorten: to straiten.—adj. short, scanty.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
"Don't dare go into the building again," commanded Miss Scrimp.
From Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund by Emerson, Alice B.
Miss Scrimp is matron of our dormitory, girls.
From Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery by Emerson, Alice B.
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