scrimpinessn.
/ˈskrɪmpɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈskrɪmpinᵻs/ Originally Scottish. Now rare.
Insufficiency, meagreness; slightness, scantness.
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1829 New Sc. Haggis (ed. 2) 289 He chowit the cude on the scrimpiness of his exchequer.
1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma li. 229 Monsieur, rising in the gig, showing the scrimpiness of his coat.
1912 Metropolitan July 14/1 He was lookin' kind of pale and peaked, but..I laid his scrimpiness to the poor victuals he'd been gettin'.
1963 Sewanee Rev. 71 695 The facility of the English is at least partly due to a certain amount of scrimpiness in the translation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1829- arrival
- arrival area
- arrival board
- arrival ceremony
- arrival date
- arrival delay
- arrival gate
- arrival hall
- arrival information
- arrival lounge
- arrival statement
- arrival terminal
- arrival time
- arrivals
- arrivals area
- arrivals board
- arrivals gate
- arrivals hall
- arrivals lounge
- arrivals terminal
- arrivance
- arrive
- arrive at
- arrive at one's fingers' ends
- arrive late to the party