skimped

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skimped

  1. simple past and past participle of skimp

Adjective

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skimped (comparative more skimped, superlative most skimped)

  1. Sparse; scanty.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 127:
      His skimped allowance of grey beard was almost of the colour of his skin.