scrimp

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Short; scanty; curtailed
To be frugal
To make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten

To scrimp the pattern of a coat.

To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance
A pinching miser; a niggard
{f} save, economize, be frugal; use or provide sparingly
subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
If you scrimp on things, you live cheaply and spend as little money as possible. Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy = skimp. to try to save as much money as you can, even though you have very little (Probably from a language)
subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp
To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat
scrimp and save
To scrimp greatly; to economize; to live very frugally, particularly when saving for something

I scrimped and saved to buy my first house.

scrimping
from Scrimp, v
scrimpy
{s} barely sufficient, scanty, meager; economizing, thrifty, frugal