Crossword clues for scrimping
scrimping
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.
Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrimped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Scrimping.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. Shrimp, Shrink.] To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
Scrimp and save. Economize and save the money not spent.
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.