The girl had grown up without any money and when she married she became a spendthrift.
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Spendthrift
/ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft/
Synonyms for "spendthrift" (60 found)
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Noun(7 words)
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Adjective(2 words)
Noun(5 words)
improvidentincontinentintemperatelavishovergenerousoverlavishoverliberalpenny-wise and pound-foolishpound-foolishprodigalprodigal son
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10 entriesspendthrift behaviorspendthrift budgetingspendthrift consumerspendthrift debtspendthrift familyspendthrift governmentspendthrift lifestylespendthrift policyspendthrift spendingspendthrift tendency
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15 total sentences available.
Mary is a spendthrift when it comes to money.
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Tom is a spendthrift.
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Wel, go to wild oats, ſpend thrift prodigal, / Ile croſſe thy name quight from my reckning booke: / For theſe accounts, faith it ſhall ſcath thee ſome what, / I will not ſay what, ſomewhat it ſhall be.
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