scrimpn.

Brit.

/skrɪmp/, U.S.

/skrɪmp/

Forms: 1800s– scrimp, 1900s– skrimp.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scrimp v.

Etymology: Probably < scrimp v. Compare earlier scrimp adj.

†1. Scottish. Insufficiency, meagreness; = scrimpiness n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > skimpiness

scrimp1825

scrimpiness1829

skimpiness1879

1825 R. Chambers Illustr. Author of Waverley (ed. 2) vii. 199 He rooses her spinning, but canyells like daft 'Bout the length o' her warp and the scrimp o' her waft.

1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 13 Caald flesh, pickit ingans, an nae skrimp o laif.

2. Originally Scottish. Chiefly with of. Something which is small, constrained, inconsiderable, or inadequate; a small quantity or amount of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount

speckc725

littleOE

somethingc1200

lutewihtc1230

little whatc1384

ouncec1387

lap1393

smalla1400

modicumc1400

nekedc1400

spota1413

tinec1420

nieveful?a1425

handfulc1443

mouthful?c1450

smatchc1456

weec1480

quern1503

halfpennyworth1533

groatsworth1562

dram1566

shellful1578

trickle1580

snatch1592

sprinkling1594

fleck1598

snip1598

pittance1600

lick1603

fingerful1604

modicum1606

thimbleful1607

flash1614

dasha1616

pipa1616

pickle1629

drachm1635

cue1654

smack1693

starn1720

bit1753

kenning1787

minikin1787

tate1805

starnie1808

sprat1815

harl1821

skerrick1825

smallums1828

huckleberry1832

scrimp1840

thimble1841

smite1843

nattering1859

sensation1859

spurt1859

pauchlea1870

mention1891

sketch1894

sputterings1894

scrappet1901

titch1937

tad1940

skosh1959

smattering1973

1840 I. Steward Interdict I. v. 85 They made me lie..cooped up in a scrimp of a settle without a night-cap or a bolster!

1885 Youth's Compan. 24 Dec. 555/2 There wasn't the leastest thing in it—not the leastest little mite of a scrimp!

1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite ii. 138 The lassie Ellen Johns in a scrimp of a nightie.

1983 N.Y. Mag. 3 Oct. 72/1 The West Side renaissance has provoked..only a scrimp of restaurants we dare to favor.

2002 S. D. Harrison Living on Edge of Respectability 142 This party for a scrimp of a guest of honor who is nearly two hours late.

3. Originally Scottish. The action or process of scrimping; shortage, meagre allowance; frugality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun]

fastship?c1225

scarcenessa1300

scarcity1340

niggardyc1390

nithingheada1400

scarcehead1420

nigonryc1430

niggardship?a1439

pinching1440

straitheadc1450

straitnessc1460

niggard cheap1463

niggardnessc1487

nigonshipa1500

niggardise1502

niggishness1519

niggardliness1556

parsimony1561

illiberality1581

nearness1584

tenacity1586

Euclionism1599

paring1607

servilitya1610

niggeralitya1612

scanting1625

scant-handednessa1627

closefistedness1631

niggardess1632

close-handedness1646

strait-handedness1649

penury1651

unbountifulness1660

parsimoniousness1671

penuriousness1672

stinginess1682

closeness1712

illiberalness1727

meanness1755

cheeseparing1834

scrimping1835

churlishness1846

screwing1848

skinflintism1853

screwiness1856

flint-paring1860

skinflintiness1861

scrimp1864

flint-skinning1873

penny-pinching1895

skimping1898

tight-fistedness1975

1864 R. M. Ballantyne Let. 29 Jan. in E. Quayle Ballantyne the Brave (1967) viii. 169 I'm sorry to hear about the scrimp with cash. Use the money I sent you.

1921 H. MacGrath Pagan Madonna 213 Genteel poverty, a life of scrimp and pare.

1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 243 An existence without scrimp or worry.

2004 C. Reid How was it for You? (2008) xx. 199 How many people would be prepared to take on the work when there was never going to be any money in it, always just the scrimp and scrape to pay the mortgage?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scrimpadj.adv.

Brit.

/skrɪmp/, U.S.

/skrɪmp/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from a Scandinavian language.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from a Scandinavian language: compare Swedish skrympa (also skrumpa ) to shrink, contract, to shrivel, Danish regional skrympe (also Danish skrumpe ) to draw together, to shrivel, to shrink < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic skreppa to slip, to slip away, cognate with Middle Dutch schrimpen to shrivel, wrinkle (Dutch schrimpen to melt, to shrivel, wrinkle, to shrink), Middle Low German schrimpen to wrinkle, screw up, to draw together, Middle High German schrimpfen to wrinkle, shrivel, wither, and further with shrimp n. and shrim v. Compare slightly later scrimp v.

Originally and chiefly Scottish.

A. adj.

1. Scant, slight, meagre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > skimpy

scrimp1681

skimp1775

skimping1775

scrimpy1829

skimpy1842

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre

feeblec1275

straita1300

thinc1374

threadbarec1412

exile?1440

silly?a1500

pilled1526

thinnish1540

carrion-lean1542

carrion1565

exiled?1577

penurious1594

unnourishing1605

starveling1611

meagre1612

short-handed1622

lanka1644

scrimp1681

strigose1708

skimp1775

skimping1775

spare1813

shy1821

scrimping1823

skimpy1842

slim1852

scrappy1985

minnowy1991

1681 Brief Acct. His Sacred Majesties Descent 21 Ventorious, rather then Victorious Promise, hath been conceived a little scrimp of the common stile, Conjunctly, but not severally.

1694 tr. J. Brown Christ in Believers Hope of Glory 136 To measure the same [sc. the Gospel] by our scrimp natural Understandings.

1734 W. Crawford Short Man. against Infidelity Pref. 48 Our own Soul..is..too scrimp an Image to give us either a full or clear Representation of him.

1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 47 Send our scrimp ell-wand owr the sea, To measure laws.

1854 H. Keddie Phemie Millar I. ii. 24 Mrs. Millar in a scrimp dark green woollen dress.

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xviii. 386 Edward, though poor and scrimp of means, has always enjoyed a happy home.

1920 Scotsman 18 Sept. 9/2 The memoirs of the time are scrimp in the matter of Hart, considering his standing in Church and State.

1952 R. C. Hutchinson Recoll. of Journey xvii. 331 A city man by his appearance, scrimp and bald, as if he had grown old without growing up.

2014 M. Mitcham Justice Mine xvi. 105 Breakfast in the Congo had been a scrimp meal of fufu.

2. Sparing, parsimonious, frugal; mean, grudging.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective]

sparingc1386

savingc1440

husbandlya1450

husbandlike1542

spareful1565

chary1570

dainty1576

partial1576

spare1577

parsimonious?1591

spary1601

scant1603

wary1605

frugala1616

spare-handed1626

squeasy1628

canny1725

scrimp1728

scrimping1823

sparesome1864

stinting1867

hard-arsed1893

1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 1 Are ye..of a Saul sae scrimp and rude, To envy every thing that's Good?

1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie I. vi. 46 Andra..is a warm-hearted creature, and would be o'er scrimp in the severities of justice.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 1/3 Their scrimp management of the most lucrative investment in the world.

1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie ii. 12 A flittin' dram's by-ordinar; ye daurna be scrimp wi't.

1972 D. Toulmin Hard Shining Corn 50 He's a bittie scrimp wi' the measure joog.

†B. adv.

Scarcely, barely. Also: in a sparing or grudging manner. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just

uneathc1200

scarcely1297

albusyc1325

onlepyc1350

anerly1381

barec1400

scarce1413

scantlyc1440

narrowlyc1450

scant1492

barelya1513

hardly?1532

faintly1544

nakedly1589

just1603

rawly1607

just1627

badly1715

scrimp1756

bare-weighta1763

scrimplya1774

jimp1814

jistc1820

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 326 The curtain..is made of a red stamped English stuff, which is scrimp three quarters wide.

?a1799 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1804) 10 Ye hae scrimp two mile to gang.

1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. viii. 82 Not that he's come so far as to need it—for it's but scrimp six miles.

1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 100 It wisna scrimp dune, but baith haill and intack.

1928 Scots Mag. Feb. 348 Aboot the claes that cover us too scrimp.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scrimpv.

Brit.

/skrɪmp/, U.S.

/skrɪmp/

Forms: 1600s scrimpted (past participle), 1700s– scrimp, 1800s skrimp.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scrimp adj.

Etymology: Apparently < scrimp adj.

Originally Scottish.

a. transitive. To keep poorly or meagrely supplied, esp. with food or money; to restrict the expenses or resources of; to stint, to deprive. Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > keep ill-supplied

to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425

strait1513

scant1565

starve1570

scantle1581

shorten1599

scant1600

scant1607

short1620

straiten1627

famish1667

limit1670

scrimp1691

under-furnish1694

stint1722

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > underfeed or restrict feeding

underfeed1659

scrimp1691

snape1847

1691 R. Douglas & G. Kellie Reg. Bibliotheck Dunblane in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 245 Let the poor have it, though the chamber should be scrimpted.

1712 D. Symson Geneal. & Hist. Acct. Name of Stuart 74 He hath been scrimp'd and suppress'd by his Fathers Greatness and Authority.

1773 R. Fergusson Poems 117 At Hallow-fair, whare browsters rare..dinna scrimp ye o' a skair O' kebbucks frae their pantries.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 27 I trust you winna skrimp yoursell for what is needfu' for your health.

1886 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall Sixty Years After 31 There the Master scrimps his haggard sempstress of her daily bread.

1907 Lyceumite & Talent June 22/2 God scrimped him in a way o' hight.

1930 Scotsman 7 Mar. 8 They ought not to scrimp him either in regard to men or appliances.

1995 Sunday Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. We had not scrimped ourselves and the bill came to just over £40 a head.

b. intransitive. To be thrifty, parsimonious, or mean; to be frugal, to economize.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)]

spare1377

to lick one's knifec1400

chincha1425

pincha1425

stick1533

nig1559

to make pottage of a flintc1576

niggard1596

wretcha1598

niggardize1606

wire-draw1616

screw1820

skincha1825

scrimp1848

stinge1937

to pinch pennies (also a penny)1942

penny-pinch1945

1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. viii. 117 While we are saving and scrimping at the spigot, the government is drawing off at the bung.

1883 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 4 Aug. 6/2 The lower order [of economy] that scrimps and squeezes and regards everything doled out as something lost.

1909 N.Y. Observer 2 Sept. 313/2 The result of overwork in frequent but fruitless endeavors to scrimp on household expenses.

1967 J. Lennon & P. McCartney When I'm Sixty Four (song, perf. ‘The Beatles’) in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Every summer we can rent a cottage In the Isle of Wight If it's not too dear We shall scrimp and save.

1977 F. E. Vandiver Black Jack I. i. 20 He had scrimped beyond wisdom to save enough for an entire year.

2015 J. Scaravella & E. Petrini Nonna's House vii. 142 Though we had to scrimp and save for such luxuries, we were never short of food.

2. transitive. To restrict in amount; to use sparingly or thriftily; to dispose of briefly. In later use also: to gather or accumulate thriftily; to save.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > use sparingly or frugally [verb (transitive)]

sparec1000

spelec1175

to spare for14..

inch out1636

tape1721

to spin out1726

scrimpa1752

a1752 R. Erskine Serm. (1777) III. xxxvii. 81 We..shall endeavour, through grace, not altogether to scrimp or scroof over the matter.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 251 For lake o' thee I scrimpmy glass.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 726/2 Pensions and sinecures were now defensible By wisdom's rules; and who could think of scrimping 'em.

1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. iii. 142 Do not scrimp your phrase, But stretch it wider.

1925 Rotarian Nov. 44/3 I have had to be brief..in my treatment of this subject, and I dislike to scrimp it for I hold it close to my heart.

1977 W. H. Stahl et al. tr. Martianus Capella Marriage Philol. & Mercury in Martianus Capella & Seven Liberal Arts II. ix. 346 So as not to scrimp the wedding preparations.., Jupiter refused to be rushed.

2012 R. Newman Rebounders iv. 47 He scrimped the funds to pay his own way through a short executive program on finance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.1825

adj.adv.1681

v.1691

单词	scrimp
释义	scrimpn. Brit. /skrɪmp/, U.S. /skrɪmp/ Forms: 1800s– scrimp, 1900s– skrimp. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scrimp v. Etymology: Probably < scrimp v. Compare earlier scrimp adj. †1. Scottish. Insufficiency, meagreness; = scrimpiness n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > skimpiness scrimp1825 scrimpiness1829 skimpiness1879 1825 R. Chambers Illustr. Author of Waverley (ed. 2) vii. 199 He rooses her spinning, but canyells like daft 'Bout the length o' her warp and the scrimp o' her waft. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes 13 Caald flesh, pickit ingans, an nae skrimp o laif. 2. Originally Scottish. Chiefly with of. Something which is small, constrained, inconsiderable, or inadequate; a small quantity or amount of something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 1840 I. Steward Interdict I. v. 85 They made me lie..cooped up in a scrimp of a settle without a night-cap or a bolster! 1885 Youth's Compan. 24 Dec. 555/2 There wasn't the leastest thing in it—not the leastest little mite of a scrimp! 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite ii. 138 The lassie Ellen Johns in a scrimp of a nightie. 1983 N.Y. Mag. 3 Oct. 72/1 The West Side renaissance has provoked..only a scrimp of restaurants we dare to favor. 2002 S. D. Harrison Living on Edge of Respectability 142 This party for a scrimp of a guest of honor who is nearly two hours late. 3. Originally Scottish. The action or process of scrimping; shortage, meagre allowance; frugality. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] fastship?c1225 scarcenessa1300 scarcity1340 niggardyc1390 nithingheada1400 scarcehead1420 nigonryc1430 niggardship?a1439 pinching1440 straitheadc1450 straitnessc1460 niggard cheap1463 niggardnessc1487 nigonshipa1500 niggardise1502 niggishness1519 niggardliness1556 parsimony1561 illiberality1581 nearness1584 tenacity1586 Euclionism1599 paring1607 servilitya1610 niggeralitya1612 scanting1625 scant-handednessa1627 closefistedness1631 niggardess1632 close-handedness1646 strait-handedness1649 penury1651 unbountifulness1660 parsimoniousness1671 penuriousness1672 stinginess1682 closeness1712 illiberalness1727 meanness1755 cheeseparing1834 scrimping1835 churlishness1846 screwing1848 skinflintism1853 screwiness1856 flint-paring1860 skinflintiness1861 scrimp1864 flint-skinning1873 penny-pinching1895 skimping1898 tight-fistedness1975 1864 R. M. Ballantyne Let. 29 Jan. in E. Quayle Ballantyne the Brave (1967) viii. 169 I'm sorry to hear about the scrimp with cash. Use the money I sent you. 1921 H. MacGrath Pagan Madonna 213 Genteel poverty, a life of scrimp and pare. 1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 243 An existence without scrimp or worry. 2004 C. Reid How was it for You? (2008) xx. 199 How many people would be prepared to take on the work when there was never going to be any money in it, always just the scrimp and scrape to pay the mortgage? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scrimpadj.adv. Brit. /skrɪmp/, U.S. /skrɪmp/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from a Scandinavian language. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from a Scandinavian language: compare Swedish skrympa (also skrumpa ) to shrink, contract, to shrivel, Danish regional skrympe (also Danish skrumpe ) to draw together, to shrivel, to shrink < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic skreppa to slip, to slip away, cognate with Middle Dutch schrimpen to shrivel, wrinkle (Dutch schrimpen to melt, to shrivel, wrinkle, to shrink), Middle Low German schrimpen to wrinkle, screw up, to draw together, Middle High German schrimpfen to wrinkle, shrivel, wither, and further with shrimp n. and shrim v. Compare slightly later scrimp v. Originally and chiefly Scottish. A. adj. 1. Scant, slight, meagre. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > skimpy scrimp1681 skimp1775 skimping1775 scrimpy1829 skimpy1842 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre feeblec1275 straita1300 thinc1374 threadbarec1412 exile?1440 silly?a1500 pilled1526 thinnish1540 carrion-lean1542 carrion1565 exiled?1577 penurious1594 unnourishing1605 starveling1611 meagre1612 short-handed1622 lanka1644 scrimp1681 strigose1708 skimp1775 skimping1775 spare1813 shy1821 scrimping1823 skimpy1842 slim1852 scrappy1985 minnowy1991 1681 Brief Acct. His Sacred Majesties Descent 21 Ventorious, rather then Victorious Promise, hath been conceived a little scrimp of the common stile, Conjunctly, but not severally. 1694 tr. J. Brown Christ in Believers Hope of Glory 136 To measure the same [sc. the Gospel] by our scrimp natural Understandings. 1734 W. Crawford Short Man. against Infidelity Pref. 48 Our own Soul..is..too scrimp an Image to give us either a full or clear Representation of him. 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 47 Send our scrimp ell-wand owr the sea, To measure laws. 1854 H. Keddie Phemie Millar I. ii. 24 Mrs. Millar in a scrimp dark green woollen dress. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xviii. 386 Edward, though poor and scrimp of means, has always enjoyed a happy home. 1920 Scotsman 18 Sept. 9/2 The memoirs of the time are scrimp in the matter of Hart, considering his standing in Church and State. 1952 R. C. Hutchinson Recoll. of Journey xvii. 331 A city man by his appearance, scrimp and bald, as if he had grown old without growing up. 2014 M. Mitcham Justice Mine xvi. 105 Breakfast in the Congo had been a scrimp meal of fufu. 2. Sparing, parsimonious, frugal; mean, grudging. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] sparingc1386 savingc1440 husbandlya1450 husbandlike1542 spareful1565 chary1570 dainty1576 partial1576 spare1577 parsimonious?1591 spary1601 scant1603 wary1605 frugala1616 spare-handed1626 squeasy1628 canny1725 scrimp1728 scrimping1823 sparesome1864 stinting1867 hard-arsed1893 1728 A. Ramsay Poems II. 1 Are ye..of a Saul sae scrimp and rude, To envy every thing that's Good? 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie I. vi. 46 Andra..is a warm-hearted creature, and would be o'er scrimp in the severities of justice. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 Nov. 1/3 Their scrimp management of the most lucrative investment in the world. 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie ii. 12 A flittin' dram's by-ordinar; ye daurna be scrimp wi't. 1972 D. Toulmin Hard Shining Corn 50 He's a bittie scrimp wi' the measure joog. †B. adv. Scarcely, barely. Also: in a sparing or grudging manner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just uneathc1200 scarcely1297 albusyc1325 onlepyc1350 anerly1381 barec1400 scarce1413 scantlyc1440 narrowlyc1450 scant1492 barelya1513 hardly?1532 faintly1544 nakedly1589 just1603 rawly1607 just1627 badly1715 scrimp1756 bare-weighta1763 scrimplya1774 jimp1814 jistc1820 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 326 The curtain..is made of a red stamped English stuff, which is scrimp three quarters wide. ?a1799 J. Burness Thrummy Cap (1804) 10 Ye hae scrimp two mile to gang. 1824 S. Ferrier Inheritance II. viii. 82 Not that he's come so far as to need it—for it's but scrimp six miles. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 100 It wisna scrimp dune, but baith haill and intack. 1928 Scots Mag. Feb. 348 Aboot the claes that cover us too scrimp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scrimpv. Brit. /skrɪmp/, U.S. /skrɪmp/ Forms: 1600s scrimpted (past participle), 1700s– scrimp, 1800s skrimp. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scrimp adj. Etymology: Apparently < scrimp adj. Originally Scottish. 1. a. transitive. To keep poorly or meagrely supplied, esp. with food or money; to restrict the expenses or resources of; to stint, to deprive. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > keep ill-supplied to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 strait1513 scant1565 starve1570 scantle1581 shorten1599 scant1600 scant1607 short1620 straiten1627 famish1667 limit1670 scrimp1691 under-furnish1694 stint1722 the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > underfeed or restrict feeding underfeed1659 scrimp1691 snape1847 1691 R. Douglas & G. Kellie Reg. Bibliotheck Dunblane in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 245 Let the poor have it, though the chamber should be scrimpted. 1712 D. Symson Geneal. & Hist. Acct. Name of Stuart 74 He hath been scrimp'd and suppress'd by his Fathers Greatness and Authority. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 117 At Hallow-fair, whare browsters rare..dinna scrimp ye o' a skair O' kebbucks frae their pantries. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 27 I trust you winna skrimp yoursell for what is needfu' for your health. 1886 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall Sixty Years After 31 There the Master scrimps his haggard sempstress of her daily bread. 1907 Lyceumite & Talent June 22/2 God scrimped him in a way o' hight. 1930 Scotsman 7 Mar. 8 They ought not to scrimp him either in regard to men or appliances. 1995 Sunday Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. We had not scrimped ourselves and the bill came to just over £40 a head. b. intransitive. To be thrifty, parsimonious, or mean; to be frugal, to economize. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)] spare1377 to lick one's knifec1400 chincha1425 pincha1425 stick1533 nig1559 to make pottage of a flintc1576 niggard1596 wretcha1598 niggardize1606 wire-draw1616 screw1820 skincha1825 scrimp1848 stinge1937 to pinch pennies (also a penny)1942 penny-pinch1945 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. viii. 117 While we are saving and scrimping at the spigot, the government is drawing off at the bung. 1883 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 4 Aug. 6/2 The lower order [of economy] that scrimps and squeezes and regards everything doled out as something lost. 1909 N.Y. Observer 2 Sept. 313/2 The result of overwork in frequent but fruitless endeavors to scrimp on household expenses. 1967 J. Lennon & P. McCartney When I'm Sixty Four (song, perf. ‘The Beatles’) in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Every summer we can rent a cottage In the Isle of Wight If it's not too dear We shall scrimp and save. 1977 F. E. Vandiver Black Jack I. i. 20 He had scrimped beyond wisdom to save enough for an entire year. 2015 J. Scaravella & E. Petrini Nonna's House vii. 142 Though we had to scrimp and save for such luxuries, we were never short of food. 2. transitive. To restrict in amount; to use sparingly or thriftily; to dispose of briefly. In later use also: to gather or accumulate thriftily; to save. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > use sparingly or frugally [verb (transitive)] sparec1000 spelec1175 to spare for14.. inch out1636 tape1721 to spin out1726 scrimpa1752 a1752 R. Erskine Serm. (1777) III. xxxvii. 81 We..shall endeavour, through grace, not altogether to scrimp or scroof over the matter. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 251 For lake o' thee I scrimpmy glass. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 726/2 Pensions and sinecures were now defensible By wisdom's rules; and who could think of scrimping 'em. 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. iii. 142 Do not scrimp your phrase, But stretch it wider. 1925 Rotarian Nov. 44/3 I have had to be brief..in my treatment of this subject, and I dislike to scrimp it for I hold it close to my heart. 1977 W. H. Stahl et al. tr. Martianus Capella Marriage Philol. & Mercury in Martianus Capella & Seven Liberal Arts II. ix. 346 So as not to scrimp the wedding preparations.., Jupiter refused to be rushed. 2012 R. Newman Rebounders iv. 47 He scrimped the funds to pay his own way through a short executive program on finance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825adj.adv.1681v.1691
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