scrimp

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 137 words | Copyright

scrimp scanty. XVIII. In early use Sc.; of unkn. orig.; for possible cogns, see SHRIMP, and cf. SKIMP.
So scrimp vb. scant, skimp. XVIII.

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