THRIFTS
Noun
thrifts
plural of thrift
Proper noun
Thrifts
plural of Thrift
Source: Wiktionary
THRIFT
Thrift, n. Etym: [Icel. . See Thrive.]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard
to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.
Spenser.
2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of
worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift is gone full clean."
Chaucer.
I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak.
3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: One of several species of flowering plants of the genera
Statice and Armeria. Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also
called sea pink.
Syn.
– Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition