skimpy, a.
(ˈskɪmpɪ)
[f. skimp a. + -y.]
Of a scrimp, scanty, meagre, or spare character; stinted or stunted in some respect; lacking the proper fulness or size.
| 1842 C. Ridley Let. 9 Oct. in Cecilia (1958) viii. 101 She had on her wedding dress which was very skimpy. 1847 Mary, Star of the Sea xxii. (1878) 325 Her grand⁓mother..pulled a skimpy curtain one way across the window, in order to exclude the light. 1859 Blackw. Mag. LXXXV. Apr. 450/1 Contrasting advantageously with the pitiful skimpy garments of the English foot-soldier. 1883 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Ione I. viii. 197 You must give me a whole hour to-morrow to make up for this skimpy call to-day. |