verb. (colloquial).—To stint; TO SCAMP (q.v.). As adj. = insufficient, meagre; SKIMPING (or SKIMPY) = scanty, carelessly made, slightingly treated.
1864. Sun, 28 Dec., Review of HOTTEN’S The Slang Dictionary. Mr. Hotten has made no mention of a dress that is describable as SKIMPY.
1879. BREWER, English Studies, 444. The work was not SKIMPING work by any means.
1885. CRADDOCK, The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains, iv. Grey hair drawn into a SKIMPY knot at the back of the head.
1888. EGGLESTON, The Graysons, xix. The woman who has … schemed and SKIMPED to achieve her attire knows the real pleasure and victory of self-adornment.
