Definitions
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- noun
Shopping forcheap items, as for example at agarage sale orflea market .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I got rid of 2/3 of my clothes when I came here and I don't have the money to replace them all new, but frankly, thrifting is more fun anyway sometimes.
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Chrysler's current CEO, Robert Nardelli, has complained to subordinates about the poor quality of the company's car interiors linked to "thrifting" to meet cost goals.
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This is the kind of thrifting trip I need to strive for.
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This is the kind of thrifting trip I need to strive for.
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In her early posts, it was refreshing to read about someone who thought of the world as her costume box, who wore guitar straps as belts, used "thrifting" as a verb and "Rodarte-slashed" her secondhand sweaters because she couldn't have the real thing.
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Then the ladies cruise by a secondhand shop to do a little "thrifting" in search of new costumes and characters.
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a weeks ago but, finally figured it out after my mom and I went on 'thrifting' expedition.
Rochambeau 2009
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Running, thrifting, experimenting with makeup, walking the streets of NY, watching movies.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway #13, "Final Four" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Running, thrifting, experimenting with makeup, walking the streets of NY, watching movies.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway #13, "Final Four" Holly Cara Price 2011
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Running, thrifting, experimenting with makeup, walking the streets of NY, watching movies.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway #13, "Final Four" Holly Cara Price 2011
jblood commented on the word thrifting
is "shopping at grocery stores" also called "grocerying?" stupid indie kids.
May 3, 2009