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scrimpings

scrimpings is the plural of scrimping.

Meaning of scrimping

Noun

scrimping (plural scrimpings)

  1. An amount saved little by little.
    • The savings and scrimpings from the cold nights of all his years were ripe to be squandered.1910, Jack London, The Wit of Porportuk

Questions about scrimpings

What is scrimpings the plural of?
Scrimpings is the plural of scrimping.

Words near scrimpings in the dictionary

  1. scrimping
  2. scrimping bar
  3. scrimping bars
  4. scrimping together
  5. scrimpingly
  6. scrimpings
  7. scrimple
  8. scrimpled
  9. scrimples
  10. scrimpling
  11. scrimply

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