If you scrimp and save, you manage to live on very little money in order to pay for something:
Scrimps
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a. Any of various small, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia, many species of which are edible, having a compressed or elongated body with a well-developed abdomen, long legs and antennae, and a long spinelike projection of the carapace.
b. Any of various similar crustaceans, such as certain isopods and amphipods.
Scrimps meaning & definition 1 of Scrimps.
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[Ghetto slang] for [shrimp].
Scrimps meaning & definition 2 of Scrimps.
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[Food stamps].
Scrimps meaning & definition 3 of Scrimps.
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to save money by spending less than is necessary to reach an acceptable standard:
Scrimps meaning & definition 4 of Scrimps.
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