thrift
/ˈθɹɪft/ verb C2- To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop. · They like to go thrifting on weekends.· I thrifted these vintage coffee mugs.
He/she/it thrifts · Past thrifted · Past participle thrifted · -ing form thrifting
Verb forms
- Base form
- thrift
- He/she/it
- thrifts
- Past
- thrifted
- Past participle
- thrifted
- -ing form
- thrifting
From the library
Here were not, as in other tombs, ignoble drawers, one above another, where thrift bestows its dead and labels them like specimens in a museum; all that was visible within the bronze gates was a gloomy-looking room, separated by a wall from the vault itself.
Ivy loved looking for old clothes at the local thrift store.
First, consider buying second-hand clothing from local thrift stores or online vintage shops.
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