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Unthrifty specimens may be found under shade, but considerable light is necessary for successful development.
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Unthrifty Fran, on the contrary, was bent upon no mission of self - improvement.
Fran 1913
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"Thrifty and Unthrifty" in Webster's shingle-covered spelling-book.
Little Grandmother Sophie May 1869
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Unthrifty Lessing, to have been so nice about your fingers, (and so near the mint, too,) when your general was wise enough to make his fortune!
Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855
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"Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy," etc.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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