| 单词 | scrimpy |
| 例句 | Thou hast seen how Mary Minorie goes on about her bald, scrimpy husband; yet she burst out crying when he put the ring on her finger. An Orkney Maid He was thinking how his pittance of pay would support, in a scrimpy way, his poor mother and sister, who looked unto him as their only hope and refuge. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life From the scrimpy legs of the knickerbockers his knees shone bare and brown. Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls I know our house is awful scrimpy, but we'd have some good times, anyhow. Lydia of the Pines A scrimpy woollen skirt is tied around the waist with a girdle, and over the shoulders is worn a short tunic, with which, however, many dispense when at home in the barranca. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Where," said Mrs. White, "did you get such a pair of horrid, old, scrimpy, frightful things as them? Who Spoke Next Did he suppose that seven scrimpy scraps of bacon was her notion of a lunch between four hungry persons? They and I |
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