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But it must be said that space is at a premium in these expensive books, and if, say, a dozen citations are found for each of the spellings thickwitted and thick-witted , one can be sure that no lexicographer, thrifty of space, will display the variant, whichever he perceives that to be.
Simple is one thing, simplistic another; the same is true of the two adjectives express and expressive . The words economic and economical share the meaning “of money management,” but the latter also means `thrifty.
And the American left's infatuation with thrifty socialized medicine is made possible by their never having to deal with it.
They have rooms and houses to fit many tastes and budgets, from the lavish to the thrifty.
Applesauce (an American variant is apple sass ), which has come to designate a `camouflage of flattery,' is excessively sweet, mushy, pulpy and insubstantial, and thrifty boarding houses serve an abundance of the stuff to divert awareness from the scarcity of more nourishing fare.