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Word entry · 6 letters

skimpy

Best crossword clue

"Barely sufficient"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈskɪmpi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ikmpsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2K3I4M5P6Y

Definitions

  1. (of clothing) revealing the body

Word origin

From skimp + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.
  • He was of a pallid complexion, hair of a kind of dirty fairness, greyish eyes, and a skimpy, immature moustache under his peaked indeterminate nose.
  • You was a po' skimpy little boy no mo' than about fo'teen when you lef' home to come No'th; but I knowed you the minute I sot eyes on you.

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