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thrift-box

noun

Definitions

  1. A box or other receptacle in which savings are stored.

    • A Thrift-Box (as it is vulgarly called) is put up againſt the Wall, and every Cuſtomer puts in ſomething.
    • Under any circumstances, a boy or girl would be greatly pained if, after storing the savings of months or years, the thrift-box should be missing when the contents were needed.
    • Our Thrift Box has been a great success. Each and every pupil brings a penny each week and we put the penny in a bank.

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