Word of the Day: Thrift
thrift / Thrift
noun
1. the management of money; frugality
Thrift is independence.
Chinese Proverb
2. a credit union or savings bank, also called a ‘ institution
Thrifts are generally smaller, local institutions and don’t have the reach or resources of a large national bank.
Rosemary Peavler, ?- , thebalancesmb.com/thrift-institution-393341
3. any plant belonging to genus Armeria, which contains low-growing perennial herbs
There are many tufts of Thrift growing among the rocks; and each tuft has a number of pink flowers.
from ‘On the Seashore’ by R. Cadwallader Smith, ?-
4. vigorous plant growth
There were cattle-sheds and signs of thrift in its garden plot.
from ‘The Land We Live In’ by Henry Mann, ?-
Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club. In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year. They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students. Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project. They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study. Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.
