retrencher
- a word derived from retrench.
Example Sentences
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In general I’m asking: If your ambitions are more of a remaking of society versus a retrenchment, isn’t it harder for the remaker than the retrencher?
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2020
You may wonder why the boys did not complain of conditions to Sam, but Lem was manager—and there is something so virtuous and convincing about a first-class retrencher.
From Sam Lambert and the New Way Store A Book for Clothiers and Their Clerks by Unknown
When he came forward after his father's death, we believed in his pledges and promises, as a retrencher and reformer, and we stuck by him.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
The retrencher is all right if you don’t pay him too much.
From Sam Lambert and the New Way Store A Book for Clothiers and Their Clerks by Unknown
I tell you, Stucker, a natural-born retrencher has his virtues.
From Sam Lambert and the New Way Store A Book for Clothiers and Their Clerks by Unknown
