n. [ Icel. þrift. See Thrive. ]
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Common thrift (Bot.),
adv.
A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [ greeted ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. --
a.
Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have five hundred crowns,
The thrifty hire I saved under your father. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]