"scrimpt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scrimpts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrimpt (plural scrimpts)
  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) A small amount. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal Derived forms: scrimption
    Sense id: en-scrimpt-en-noun-vrtbMj06 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1808, John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ... to which is Prefixed, a Dissertation on the Origin of the Scottish Language:",
          "text": "He gangs about sornen frae place to place, As scrimpt of manners as of sense and grace.",
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          "text": "A scrimpt quorum",
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