scrimp
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Noun — A person who is mean with money.
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Etymology
Came from Scots scrimp ("meager"), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen ("to shrivel up, wrinkle"), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną ("to shrink"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ("to cut off"), related to Old English sċrimman ("to shrink") and...
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