Scrimped

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of scrimp form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    pinched

    "She didn't want this girl with the thin, scrimped face of a scared rabbit to be herself. It was the face of someone Fraulein had made. A little girl out of an old story book. A little German girl with huge eyes."

Synonyms

All synonyms
skimp;abstemiousasceticausterebegrudge

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"She didn't want this girl with the thin, scrimped face of a scared rabbit to be herself. It was the face of someone Fraulein had made. A little girl out of an old story book. A little German girl with huge eyes."

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