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Miserly activity
Answer for the clue "Miserly activity ", 9 letters:
scrimping
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Word definitions for scrimping in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scrimping \Scrimp"ing\, a. & n. from Scrimp , v. t. Scrimping bar , a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. --Knight.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An amount saved little by little. vb. (present participle of scrimp English)
Usage examples of scrimping.
She thinks of the presents in the front room: the Multi-Vider pen that she paid for by scrimping from the household money, the argyle vest she spent hours knitting.
There’s a smell in the room, of rotting planks and spilled vinegar and sour wool trousers and old meat and one shower a week, of scrimping and cheating and resentment.