narrow-gauge vs scrimp

narrow-gauge

adj
  • Limited or petty. 

  • Relating to narrow gauge. 

scrimp

adj
  • Short; scanty; curtailed. 

noun
  • A pinching miser; a niggard. 

verb
  • To be frugal. 

  • To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance. 

  • To make too small or short. 

How often have the words narrow-gauge and scrimp occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )