unthrift
Example Sentences
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Squalor and unthrift abound, and there are no founders of cités ouvrières to make the workman's home what it should be.
From Holidays in Eastern France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favors are but like the wind Which kisseth everything it meets!
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Of Irish stagnation, Irish unthrift, Irish destitution, Irish misery, the world has heard enough.
From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley
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
