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Definition: Common thrift
Thrift
\Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See
Thrive.]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in
regard to property; frugality.
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The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove
very good husbands. --Spenser.
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2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property;
increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
“Your thrift
is gone full clean.” --Chaucer.
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I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak.
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3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
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4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the
genera
Statice and
Armeria.
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Common thrift (Bot.),
Armeria vulgaris; -- also called
sea pink.
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Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
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