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skimpy

[skim-pee] / ˈskɪm pi /


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The bath towel was skimpy but the counters for drying your hair and getting ready were a nice touch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Zepeda also said that skimpy staffing had piled on pressure at her job to clean as many as 15 rooms before the end of her shift without being offered overtime.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Several years ago he discussed merging with the chain publishing a skimpy daily in nearby Ontario.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

The generous slices of mozzarella melted into lovely puddles, but the skimpy tomato coating beneath them got lost.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Those skimpy sleeves did not even cover her elbows, and the scratchy linsey-woolsey cloth kept her thin shoulders constantly twitching.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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