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
Mrs. Scrimp rose and took an abrupt and indignant leave, her bill having been already settled.
From Grandmother Elsie by Finley, Martha
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
"Where you would, perhaps, fare a great deal worse," returned Mrs. Scrimp wrathfully.
From Grandmother Elsie by Finley, Martha
Captain Raymond's two little daughters were at this time in a village in one of the Northern States, in charge of Mrs. Beulah Scrimp, a distant relative on the mother's side.
From Grandmother Elsie by Finley, Martha
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