'Common thrift' definitions:

Definition of 'Common thrift'

From: GCIDE
  • Thrift \Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See Thrive.]
  • 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster]
  • The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift is gone full clean." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. [1913 Webster]
  • Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit. [1913 Webster]