Usually means: Making do with very little.
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  1. eking: Merriam-Webster
  2. eking: Collins English Dictionary
  3. eking: Wordnik
  4. eking: Wiktionary
  5. Eking, eking: Dictionary.com
  6. Eking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. eking: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Eking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. eking: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. eking: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Eking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (eking)

noun:  The act or process of adding.
noun:  That which is added.
noun:  (nautical, obsolete) A supplementary piece of timber used to lengthen another.

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