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Definition of Skimping
1. skimp [v] - See also: skimp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skimping
Literary usage of Skimping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"What a skimping little bit you've given me!" "What a skimping little bonnet she
had on!" The word is authorised by Garrick in his " May Day," " a little ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Sometimes, as an adjective, applied to a miserly person, "He's a skimping ould
follow." Skip skep night. In Padstow, on one night in November, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1906)
"Following these, came others, who, with the natural desire to make more money,
to get more work, pursued other paths and sought, by the skimping of material ..."
4. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry by Albert Hill Fay (1920)
"(Raymond) skimping. Same as Jigging. See aleo Skimmings. Skia friction.
Friction between a fluid and the surface of a solid moving through It (Webster) Skia ..."
5. What's So and what Isn't by John McClelland Work (1916)
"Instead of pinching and skimping, he can use his money to broaden his mind and
make himself an intelligent and useful citizen. It will not be necessary for ..."
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