Wastegood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spendthrift. obsolete

    "This firſt, whom by his careleſſe ſlovenly gate, at firſt ſight, I imagined to be a Poet, is a waſte good and an unthrift, that he is born to make the taverns rich, and himſelfe a begger[…]"

Synonyms

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prodigalprofligatescattergoodscattergoodspendthriftwaster

Antonyms

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miser

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"This firſt, whom by his careleſſe ſlovenly gate, at firſt ſight, I imagined to be a Poet, is a waſte good and an unthrift, that he is born to make the taverns rich, and himſelfe a begger[…]"

Etymology

From waste + good.

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