spendthrift
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spend·thrift

noun \ˈspen(d)-ˌthrift\

Definition of SPENDTHRIFT

: a person who spends improvidently or wastefully
spendthrift adjective

Examples of SPENDTHRIFT

  1. <the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year>

First Known Use of SPENDTHRIFT

1584

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