unthrift

Example Sentences

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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

Gesticulating, his voice rising into a senile scream, he upbraided me for folly, extravagance, unthrift and prodigality.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

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 Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Wonder why Shakespeare looked ahead and harpooned me with that word unthrift.

From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre

So it is—idleness, unthrift, and bad farming generally, degrading it far below its possibilities and natural standard of production.

From About Ireland by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)