Thrift-box

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

    "A Thrift-Box (as it is vulgarly called) is put up againſt the Wall, and every Cuſtomer puts in ſomething."

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"A Thrift-Box (as it is vulgarly called) is put up againſt the Wall, and every Cuſtomer puts in ſomething."

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