The painful husband, plowing up his ground.
Hakewill.
He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestic and
field accommodations.
Evelyn.
3. One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal
person; an economist. [R.]
God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband,
to improve the short remnant left me.
Fuller.