Meaning of sparesome | Babel Free

Definitions

economical; thrifty

nonstandard

Examples

“[…] the common remark being, “Oh! we must be sparesome now, the feast days are near at hand.””

“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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