thrifts

Updated: May 4, 2025

Here were pale gold of poppies, red gold of lotus and rich lichens that made the sea-worn pebbles shine. Sea thistle spread glaucous foliage and lifted its blue blossoms; stone-crops and thrifts, tiny trefoils and couch grasses were woven into the sand, and pink storks-bill and silvery convolvulus brought cool colour to this harmony spread beside the purple sea.

Eden Phillpotts - The Spinners

And now if I abhor thrifts, but I wish you to distinctly understand me if you cannot bring yourself to regard my marriage in a proper and sensible light, and make up your mind to receive my wife as becomes a sister of the house, the doors of Heathdale will henceforth be closed to you." Lady Linton was astounded at this outburst.

Mrs. Georgie Sheldon - Virgie's Inheritance