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skimp

verb as in be cheap or frugal about

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I don't skimp when it comes to scrambled eggs; I want mine with real butter, and enough cream to hold them up, but not leak.

Then as the sober days of manhood came, and Landy witnessed the finish of the improvident and foolish, he began to save and skimp.

"Now we'll not have to skimp so with things," said Mrs. Twig happily.

Theyve a pretty good substitute for Skimp; at least I think that Bunty will play a good game.

Overcoats were cut as simply as possible, though they did not skimp the material but made them wide and loose.

Fong liked the work at the Diamond H; he also like the generous wages and not having to skimp in any way.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to skimp, such as: scrimp, pinch, save, scamp, scant, and scrape.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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