SCRIMP is validvalid

to be very or overly thrifty [v SCRIMPED, SCRIMPING, SCRIMPS] : SCRIMPER [n]

27,588 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

scanty, also SKRIMP [adj SCRIMPLY] / to scratch and save [v -ED, -ING, -S]