unthrift
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Neither know I where that unthrift William is these two days.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various
Whereat, remembering how she had formerly glozed and gilded the entomologist's unthrift, I remarked, one-fourth in play, three-fourths in earnest, "A good plain business man isn't the least noble work of God, after all."
From Strong Hearts by George Washington Cable
Before us is the old town we are seeking,—a type perhaps of the nation itself, in its courtly unthrift, its proud misgovernance.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
Thou careless unthrift, ill-luck follows i' thy wake.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
She was extremely poorly dressed, and although she was neat, there was an air of unthrift or discouragement about her dress.
From By The Sea 1887 by Heman White Chaplin
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