Among people like these, passing their days in frugal comfort and fruitful industry, and looking with quiet hope and confidence to the future, socialism finds, of course, no open door.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
At noon he ate his frugal dinner while seated on a high stool at his desk, and he had been heard to say that he had not eaten at home at midday in fifteen years; for on Sundays he dined in state at five o'clock.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
They had been young, they were not yet old; and though they had to be frugal they did not call themselves poor.
"Moonshine & Clover"
Laurence Housman