What is the meaning of Scrimp?

(v.t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
(a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.
(n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.

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