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Definition of
thrifty adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
thrifty
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈθrɪfti
/
/
(
approving
)
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careful about spending money and not wasting things
synonym
frugal
He was brought up to be thrifty and never to get into debt.
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thrifty
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