scapethriftn.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
A spendthrift.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > squanderer or prodigal
waster1352
spender1393
fool-large?c1425
neve1440
stroyc1440
strawer1460
scapethrifta1500
prodigal son (also daughter, child)1508
nephew1532
scatterer1535
stroy-good1540
prodigal1547
spend-all1553
dingthrift1566
stroy-all1573
scattergood1577
slip-thrift1579
waste-good1585
slide-thrifta1591
spendthrift1601
unthrifta1602
prodiga1605
spend-good1605
wastethrift1608
prodigal1609
lavisher1611
squanderer1611
decoctor1615
profuser1616
extravagant1745
dissipater1799
wastrel1887
squander-bug1943
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > spendthrift
spender1393
fool-large?c1425
neve1440
scapethrifta1500
nephew1532
bankrupt1533
scatterer1535
spend-all1553
dingthrift1566
gillian spend-all1573
scattergood1577
slip-thrift1579
waste-good1585
slide-thrifta1591
spendthrift1601
spend-good1605
wastethrift1608
extravagant1745
dissipater1799
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 22 How, Pykeharnes, scapethryft! how, Pikeharnes, how!
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Cii Howe be it of scape thryfte your clokes smelleth musty.
1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 263/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He gathered a power of wicked scapethrifts,..burnt the towne, and besieged the castell.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. i. 3 Scape~thrifts, who have but the purse of a private man, yet will spend like a Prince.
1838 Gentleman's Mag. CVIII. ii. 71 A scape~thrift laid his hand on his father's plough.
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