scrimption

noun

scrimption

noun

Etymology Blend of scrimpt + portion.

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UK, Archaic, Dialectal A small portion; a little bit; a scrap.

  • There's not a scrimption left - not so much as the full of a thimble.1859, Timothy Shay Arthur, Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper, page 31:

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