thrift, n.Definitions

Thrift is the most admirable virtue in any ancestor.

Thrift is a great revenue

Thrift is a wonderful virtue - especially in an ancestor.

Thrift is common sense applied to spending

Thrift is poetic because it is creative... waste is unpoetic because it is waste.

Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character.

Thrift is a necessity elevated by the poor to the rank of a virtue.

Thrift is the art of buying a complexion to match a hat instead of buying a hat to match a complexion.