unthrift

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Neither know I where that unthrift William is these two days.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various

Squalor and unthrift abound, and there are no founders of cités ouvrières to make the workman's home what it should be.

From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Whereat, remembering how she had formerly glozed and gilded the entomologist's unthrift, I remarked, one-fourth in play, three-fourths in earnest, "A good plain business man isn't the least noble work of God, after all."

From Strong Hearts by Cable, George Washington

Through unthrift and extravagance he had failed to lay by any store from his earnings; he had wasted his own and his lord's substance.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

Thou careless unthrift, ill-luck follows i' thy wake.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John