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Definition of Thriftiest
1. thrifty [adj] - See also: thrifty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thriftiest
Literary usage of Thriftiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eucalyptus by Abbot Kinney (1895)
"... are amongst the thriftiest and handsomest trees there. The bark is mottled
white in effect from the small scaling off of the old outer brownish layer. ..."
2. Handbook for Newspaper Workers, Treating Grammar, Punctuation, English by Grant Milnor Hyde (1921)
"Better — Our navy will be stronger than any navy of twice its age. Faulty — France
is the thriftiest of all other nations. Better — France is the thriftiest ..."
3. News, Ads, and Sales: The Use of English for Commercial Purposes by John Baker Opdycke (1914)
"(Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Inserted Headline COMPETITION likely to be aroused by
the American Society for Thrift, in its effort to find the thriftiest ..."
4. Speeches and Writings of the Honorable Sir Pherozeshah M. Mehta by Pherozeshah Mehta, Dinaha Edulji Wacha (1905)
"If that observation is correct, I submit that the Indian peasant is one of the
thriftiest living on the surface of the earth. It was asserted last year in ..."
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