Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To stint; scrimp; give short allowance of.
  • To be sparing or parsimonious; pinch; save.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S. To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

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Examples

  • And cried "skinch" to stop being teased or bullied ...

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • And cried "skinch" to stop being teased or bullied ...

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

  • Take grand big coon skinch back to Boston with you.

    At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

  • You used to trail about after her like a puppy dog, and what you ever saw in her I "" Okay, okay, skinch! "

    Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

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