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scrimpt

scrimpt noun: a small amount.

Noun

scrimpt (plural scrimpts)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) A small amount.
    • He gangs about sornen frae place to place, As scrimpt of manners as of sense and grace.1808, John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ... to which is Prefixed, a Dissertation on the Origin of the Scottish Language
    • A scrimpt quorum1857, Thomas Wright, Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English, Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century ... and Words which are Now Used Only in the...

Forms of scrimpt

pluralscrimpts

Words formed from scrimpt

Questions about scrimpt

What does scrimpt mean?
Scrimpt means a small amount.
What part of speech is scrimpt?
Scrimpt is a noun.
What is the plural of scrimpt?
The plural of scrimpt is scrimpts.

Words near scrimpt in the dictionary

  1. scrimpling
  2. scrimply
  3. scrimpness
  4. scrimps
  5. scrimps together
  6. scrimpt
  7. scrimption
  8. scrimptions
  9. scrimpy
  10. scrims
  11. scrimshander

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