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Word entry · 7 letters

thrifty

Best crossword clue

"Spends sparingly"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈθɹɪfti/Part of speech adjectiveSorted fhirttyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. mindful of the future in spending money

Word origin

From Middle English thrifty, threfty, thryfty, þrifti, equivalent to thrift + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • Nor less disastrous, should his thrifty urn / Neglected leave the once well-water'd land, / To dreary wastes yon paradise would turn, / Polluted ooze, or heaps of barren sand.
  • the lands on this road are of an excellent quality, and in many places light timbered, in others covered with thrifty oak, black walnut, sugar maple, beach and linden.
  • But, Gentlemen, the gallant Admiral has told you he has two loves; and he seems to have made a prudent choice, and been a very thrifty wooer.

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