What does scrimping mean?
Scrimping means present participle and gerund of scrimp.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of scrimp.
The savings and scrimpings from the cold nights of all his years were ripe to be squandered.
In her efforts to transform me into the debutante I would never become, my mother spent her scrimpings on private piano, violin, and voice lessons.
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Scrimping means present participle and gerund of scrimp.
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The savings and scrimpings from the cold nights of all his years were ripe to be squandered.
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