[f. THRIFT sb.1] trans. To save thriftily, to economize.
1869. Blackmore, Lorna D., ii. Not that I ever bore much wealth, but because I had been thrifting it for this time.
1885. L. Levi, in Pall Mall G., 13 Jan., 6/2. The earnings of agricultural labourers … if well thrifted, leave a surplus.
