Blend of scrimpt + portion. <span class="searchmatch">scrimption</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">scrimptions</span>) (UK, dialect, archaic) A small portion; a little bit; a scrap. 1859, Timothy Shay Arthur,...
<span class="searchmatch">scrimptions</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">scrimption</span>...
Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century ... and Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects, Volume 2, page 832: A scrimpt quorum <span class="searchmatch">scrimption</span>...
quality in any degree (usually an abundance)), possibly modelled after <span class="searchmatch">scrimption</span> (“small portion, little bit, scrap”). (Received Pronunciation, General...
often, -ation is used. ignore + -tion → ignortion scrimp + -tion → <span class="searchmatch">scrimption</span> English terms suffixed with -tion abgregation abolition absorption adduction...