Na, he seldom scrimps 't to them 'at follows his biddin'.
"Warlock o' Glenwarlock"
George MacDonald
It's the funniest thing to me, Phyllis, Roxanne said the other afternoon, as I went over to see her about my rhetoric lesson, but rich as you are, I don't at all mind your seeing my scrimps like I do the other girls, even Mamie Sue.
"Phyllis"
Maria Thompson Daviess
He scrimps the auld wife baith in garnal and caddy He snuffs what wad keep her in comfort and ease; Rapee, Lundyfitt, Prince's Mixture, and Toddy, She looks upon them as the worst o' her faes.
"Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce"
E. R. Billings