Also called thrift institution.Banking. a savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union.
Also called sea pink . any alpine and maritime plant belonging to the genus Armeria, of the leadwort family, having pink or white flowers, especially A. maritima, noted for its vigorous growth.
any of various allied plants.
vigorous growth, as of a plant.
Obsolete. prosperity.
Origin of thrift
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, from Old Norse: “well-being, prosperity”; cf. thrive
Community cookbooks are not particularly difficult to find, especially on auction sites like eBay and the shelves of thrift stores.
The Joy of Cooking Other People’s ‘Secret Family Recipes’|Amy McCarthy|September 11, 2020|Eater
When shoppers think of secondhand stores, they might think of consignment stores, and they might think of thrift shops.
The CEO striving to make vintage, secondhand clothing as popular as fast fashion|Rachel King|September 6, 2020|Fortune
While some items will get a second life by way of a thrift store, it all eventually makes its way to a landfill, where the synthetic materials in many clothes can take centuries to break down.
Scientists Gene-Hack Cotton Plants to Make Them Every Color of the Rainbow|Jason Dorrier|August 11, 2020|Singularity Hub
Would you know the rapper Macklemore's other half if he showed up at your thrift shop?
Viral Video of the Day: Who Is Ryan Lewis?|The Daily Beast Video|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the “Thrift Shop” rapper initially seemed shocked that people could somehow interpret his get-up as offensive.
Macklemore, the Grammy Winning Rapper, Is a 9/11 Truther Who Likes to Play Anti-Semitic Dress-Up|Emily Shire, Marlow Stern|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's mostly a mix of vintage, thrift, and very accessible retail.
“I picked up the canvas and took it up to the lady in the thrift store,” she told news outlets at the time.
Why We Should Raffle Off More Art|Lizzie Crocker|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Following on the heels of the Harding scandals, he offered clean government based on thrift.
Does Calvin Coolidge Deserve a Reassessment?|Ira Katznelson|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The encouragement of thrift among the soldiers was part of the work of "Pay."
G. H. Q.|Frank Fox
Thrift, in the Macy category of the making of a good worker, comes only next to good health.
The Romance of a Great Store|Edward Hungerford
There are signs of industry and thrift and comfort everywhere; signs of intemperance, of idleness, of want nowhere.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918|Various
In the process of declining and falling, races practise a sort of thrift; they save and they economise.
The Cult of Incompetence|Emile Faguet
There are many tufts of Thrift growing among the rocks; and each tuft has a number of pink flowers.
On the Seashore|R. Cadwallader Smith
British Dictionary definitions for thrift
thrift
/ (θrɪft) /
noun
wisdom and caution in the management of money
Also called: sea pinkany of numerous perennial plumbaginaceous low-growing plants of the genus Armeria, esp A. maritima, of Europe, W Asia, and North America, having narrow leaves and round heads of pink or white flowers
rarevigorous thriving or growth, as of a plant
USa building society, savings bank, or credit union