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Scrimping

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An amount saved little by little.

Equivalents

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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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