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thriftless

[thrift-lis] / ˈθrɪft lɪs /








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Thriftless, like their landlords, they ate up in the autumn what harvests they gathered, and begged for their winter's support.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple

Thriftless has his near leader in the back-seat of a pony-carriage, and Sir Guy's off-wheeler is over the pole.

From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.

Thriftless love shall be Alizon's, and the grave shall be her bridal bed.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

We see Jack Thriftless prancing in the park, or darting in his brougham down Pall Mall: we eat his dinners served on his miraculous plate.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace

It is now quite familiar— "Thriftless, shiftless, feckless."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest




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