All 3 Uses of
economize
in
The Mill on the Floss
- The economizing of a gardener's wages might perhaps have induced Mrs. Glegg to wink at this folly, if it were possible for a healthy female mind even to simulate respect for a husband's hobby.†
Chpt 1.12
- By half-past ten decorum demanded the front; until then Mrs. Glegg could economize it, and society would never be any the wiser.†
Chpt 1.12 *
- Mrs. Tulliver could not economize enough to satisfy him, in their food and firing; and he would eat nothing himself but what was of the coarsest quality.†
Chpt 4.2
Definition:
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(economize) avoid waste or save money