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  • present participle of scrimp.
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“We have been scrimping for a long time.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

‘I worked very hard’: I’m 71 and have $6 million after scrimping and saving.

From MarketWatch Apr. 7, 2026

"It's literally scrimping and scraping to be able to manage to get one lesson a week," she says.

From BBC May 24, 2025

With housing prices falling and stocks prices limping along, even middle-class families are scrimping rather than spending.

From Seattle Times Mar. 3, 2024

And he went on scrimping and saving and buying shares so as to have as large a stake in the silver future as possible.

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by John Oxenham




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