Associations to the word «Skimpy»

Wiktionary

SKIMPY, adjective. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
SKIMPY, noun. (Australia) (Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing. [From 1988.]

Dictionary definition

SKIMPY, adjective. Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne