scrimpy

[skrim-pee] /ˈskrɪm pi/

adjective, scrimpier, scrimpiest.

scanty; meager; barely adequate.

tending to scrimp; frugal; parsimonious.

Origin of scrimpy

1850-1855

First recorded in 1850-55; scrimp + -y¹

Related forms

scrimpily, adverb

scrimpiness, noun

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From the scrimpy legs of the knickerbockers his knees shone bare and brown.

Two Little Travellers
Frances Browne Arthur

Word Origin and History for scrimpy

adj.

1855, from scrimp (v.) + -y (2). Related: Scrimpily; scrimpiness.

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