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- adjective
comparative form ofthrifty : morethrifty
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Examples
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I figured it would be thriftier and more delicious than anything they might have at the concert -- if they sold food there at all.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Barely Legal Egg Salad & Bacon Wrap Big Girls 2010
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Could it be the royal style icon is thriftier than we thought?
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I figured it would be thriftier and more delicious than anything they might have at the concert -- if they sold food there at all.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Barely Legal Egg Salad & Bacon Wrap Big Girls 2010
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I figured it would be thriftier and more delicious than anything they might have at the concert -- if they sold food there at all.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Barely Legal Egg Salad & Bacon Wrap Big Girls 2010
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Despite the so-called "no bailout clause," which was meant to prevent profligate eurozone countries free-riding on their thriftier cousins, traders nonetheless assumed that Italian or Greek debt was all but equivalent to rock-solid German "Bunds".
Why we all get burnt in the bonfire of the bond markets 2011
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I figured it would be thriftier and more delicious than anything they might have at the concert -- if they sold food there at all.
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Barely Legal Egg Salad & Bacon Wrap Big Girls 2010
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With thriftier passengers avoiding baggage charges by traveling light, the decision to increase booking fees has helped boost nonticket revenue.
EasyJet's Old-Fashioned Flight Path Matthew Curtin 2011
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The data highlight these concerns as consumers are displaying a thriftier attitude.
Euro-Zone Retail Sales Tumble Ilona Billington 2010
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The data highlight these concerns as consumers are displaying a thriftier attitude.
Euro-Zone Retail Sales Tumble Ilona Billington 2010
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The data highlight these concerns as consumers are now displaying a thriftier attitude.
Euro-Zone Retail Sales Tumble Ilona Billinton 2010
hernesheir commented on the word thriftier
In this word, sequential consonant clusters decrease by one (thr, ft, t) while vowel clusters increase by one (i, ie). Same pattern seen in christian and strontium.
July 12, 2010