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单词 sparesome
释义

sparesome

English

Etymology

Calque of German sparsam

Adjective

sparesome (comparative more sparesome, superlative most sparesome)

  1. (nonstandard) economical; thrifty
    • 1864, Henry Mayhew, German Life and Manners as Seen in Saxony at the Present Day (page 285)
      [] the common remark being, “Oh! we must be sparesome now, the feast days are near at hand.”
    • 2010, Hemalata C. Dandekar, Michigan Family Farms and Farm Buildings (page 54)
      When my great-grandfather came to this country, Germany really didn't exist. He came from Württemberg. Now the Swabish people had the reputation similar to [what] the Scottish people have in the British Isles. We are the most sparesome, thrifty, stingy of all Germans.
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