| 1. | the railroads, with many a thrifty farm, with machinery. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | A proverb never stale in thrifty mind. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | For they are thrifty honest men and suc. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | But, like a thrifty goddess, she determine. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | The thrifty hire I sav'd under your father. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | wheresoever I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 7. | He was sober, thrifty and pious he went to the altar every first Friday, sometimes with her, oftener by himself. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 8. | cuckolds, a thrifty shoeing-horn in a chain, hanging at hi. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | She possessed a thrifty common sense, and it was she who handled the finances of the family, and met all comers when there were bills to pay. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |