scrimption

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noun

A small portion; a little bit; a scrap.

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Meanings

nounscrimption (plural scrimptions)

plural scrimptions

  1. UKarchaicdialectalA 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

Origin

Blend of scrimpt + portion.

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APA

scrimption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrimption

MLA

“scrimption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrimption. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrimption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrimption.

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