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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1596
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Thriftines, n. [e.m.E. thryftynes (c1530), thriftines (1552); Thrifty adj.] Thriftiness; good husbandry. —1596 Dalr. I 52/17.
Angus, a cuntrie surelie beutiful baith throuch the gift of nature, and throuch the industrie and thriftines of the inhabitouris
