Petty vs Skimpy - What's the difference?
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Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
Narrow-minded, small-minded.
Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
(Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.
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Petty is a related term of skimpy.
As a proper noun petty
is .As an adjective skimpy is
small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.As a noun skimpy is
(australia|western australia) a barmaid who wears little clothing.petty
English
(wikipedia petty)Adjective
(en-adj)- Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all.'' (Milton, ''Samson Agonistes , 1671)
- petty officer'', ''petty cash
- a petty fault
Derived terms
* petty cash * petty officer * petty king * pettiness * petty crimeSynonyms
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* *skimpy
English
Adjective
(er)- Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
- They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.
Noun
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- It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies .
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- For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals? lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies , TV sports and mine workers chain-drinking.
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- ‘There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’