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Meaning of Scrimping | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An amount saved little by little.

Equivalents

العربية التقليل
Suomi kitsastelu

Examples

“The savings and scrimpings from the cold nights of all his years were ripe to be squandered.”
“In her efforts to transform me into the debutante I would never become, my mother spent her scrimpings on private piano, violin, and voice lessons.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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