Meanings of thrifty housewife in English

The thrifty housewife sees to it that her brood are well fed.

The offices, too, have an enticing air, for a thrifty housewife!

When the thrifty housewife complained of the small size of his ware, he always said,-

But there was no thrifty housewife at the Red Chateau, nothing but dreams of conquest and revenge.

The thrifty housewife was always busy.

One would say so; but does the Spider know how to patch her work, as a thrifty housewife darns her linen?

This enraged the thrifty housewife, who seized a double-barreled shotgun standing in the corner and discharged both barrels simultaneously at the intruder.

Every thrifty housewife of to-day wants her shelves of canned foods, her boxes of dried foods and her crocks of salted foods.

From innumerable chimneys the curdled smoke gives evidence that the thrifty housewife-or ,whatis rarer in Stillwater, the hired girl-haslighted the kitchen fire.

The thrifty housewife was seated on a bench before her door, in close crimped cap, bright flowered gown, and white apron, busily employed in knitting.

The cups were cracked, without handles, and of coarse pottery-thethrifty housewife having taken care to select the worst of her wares to barter away.