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Scrimp.

adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent

"To a scrimpy and screwy man, of the type most abundant, such a position would have done a deal of harm, shutting him up into his own shell harder, and flinting its muricated horns against the world."

miserable    hardscrabble    hand-to-mouth    scanty    spare    paltry    measly    bare    exiguous   

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