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Meanings of thrifty in English
Portuguese
parcimonioso Spanish
frugal Mindful of the future in spending money.
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Usage of thrifty in English
1
Will you be making a conscious effort to be thrifty this year?
2
He is, in fact, the born thrall and slave of the thrifty.
3
Production values are thrifty but resourcefully deployed to accentuate the unglamorous environment.
4
The sober and thrifty part of the population had increased their savings.
5
But how can you continue to be thrifty once you get there?
6
And, being a thrifty sort of person, you still have that information.
7
The thrifty housewife sees to it that her brood are well fed.
8
As stock indexes slide, thrifty how-to guides are already on the rise.
9
Instead of mortgaging the future, the Gaul is utilising his thrifty past.
10
It is, in my opinion, fair and calculated to encourage thrifty habits.
11
Van Deman: Very thrifty and luxuriant with large leaves and large growth.
12
The thrifty German Hausfraus make fritters of everything imaginable, and sometimes unimaginable.
13
Our parents have always been thrifty, so frugality was ingrained in us.
14
The garden contained a remarkable variety of trees, including some thrifty exotics.
15
Many who had been haughty and extravagant became humble, thrifty and moderate.
16
Her people were so thrifty that she had but a common-school education.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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