A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh. 2007, George Ella Lyon, With a Hammer for my Heart, page 192:
(colloquial, in-plural) Underwear.
While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself. 2007, Zoo Today:
(transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
I got out my wallet and let him have a look at my licenses, detective and driver's. He didn't skimp it, being a lawyer. 1955 October, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam, published 1994, →ISBN, page 159:
To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
Apple’s investment bought something. Its shows feel professional. They look like premium products that no one skimped on. 2024 April 27, James Poniewozik, “The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
The temptation to skimp examinations and maintenance procedures, to save time or overcome staff shortages, must be resisted, and supervisors must insist on strict adherence to maintenance schedules and quality of workmanship. 1964 January, “The maintenance of B.R. diesel-electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 54:
(intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
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