Spendthrift \Spend"thrift`\, n.
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal;
one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used
figuratively.
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A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. --Mrs.
R. H. Davis.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spendthrift \Spend"thrift\, a.
Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spendthrift
adj : recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
extravagant, prodigal, profligate]
n : someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spend-all, spender,
scattergood]
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "spendthrift":
big-time spender, dissipative, easy come, easy go, extravagant,
improvident, incontinent, intemperate, lavish, overgenerous,
overlavish, overliberal, penny-wise and pound-foolish,
pound-foolish, prodigal, prodigal son, profligate, profuse,
spend-all, spender, squanderer, squandering, wasteful, waster,
wastethrift, wastrel
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
SPENDTHRIFT. By the Rev. Stat. of Vermont, tit. 16, c. 65, s. 9, spendthrift
is defined to be a person who by excessive drinking) gaming, idleness or
debauchery of any kind, shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to
expose himself or his family to want or suffering, or expose the town to
charge or expense, for support of himself or family.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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