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ˈwastethrift Now rare.
[f. waste v. + thrift n.1]
A spendthrift.
1608Middleton Trick to Catch Old One i. iii. B 2, Hee's a rioter, a wast-thrift, a brothell-maister. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle i. iii. (1613) C 3, Thou art a wast⁓thrift, and art run away from thy maister. 1868H. Brandreth (title) Wastethrifts and Workmen. Of the mode of producing them, and their relative value to the community. 1886Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Feb. 2/1 Let him, as a wholly useless and absolutely dangerous criminal wastethrift, be deprived altogether either of freedom or of life. |