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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for spendthrift:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

spendthrift
    adj 1: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
           [syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate,
           spendthrift]
    n 1: someone who spends money prodigally [syn: spendthrift,
         spend-all, spender, scattergood]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spendthrift \Spend"thrift\, a.
   Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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.

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