Definition of "scrimpy" []

• Scrimp.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Those people who are living on scrimpy Social Securtiy checks?"
• "To a scrimpy and screwy man, of the type most abundant, such a position would have done a deal of harm, shutting him up into his own shell harder, and flinting its muricated horns against the world."
• "She was determined to do her part, she said: she should be mighty glad to help get that skinchy-scrimpy look out of Miss"