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thrift-boxes

thrift-boxes is the plural of thrift-box.

Meaning of thrift-box

Noun

thrift-box (plural thrift-boxes)

  1. (dated) 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.1777, John Brand, Observations on Popular Antiquities, page 164

Questions about thrift-boxes

What is thrift-boxes the plural of?
Thrift-boxes is the plural of thrift-box.

Words near thrift-boxes in the dictionary

  1. thrift shopping
  2. thrift shops
  3. thrift store
  4. thrift stores
  5. thrift-box
  6. thrift-boxes
  7. thrifted
  8. thrifter
  9. thrifters
  10. thriftful
  11. thriftfully

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