This little sorry shrimpy quasi-impostor can neither read nor write.
"Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846"
James Richardson
You'll get the jolt of your life when you come to Paris and find that you're expected to pay for the lunches, and all the cab fares, and everything, of those shrimpy little commissionaires.
"Fanny Herself"
Edna Ferber
He's arm in arm with a shrimpy, Frenchy lookin' party wearin' a silk lid and a frock coat.
"Shorty McCabe on the Job"
Sewell Ford