as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
a wastrel who had the dubious distinction of being the drunken fritterer of one of the largest fortunes ever amassed in America
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To be a valid spendthrift trust in Illinois, three factors must be met.
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The split screen of Bezos and his spendthrift wife, Lauren Sánchez, frolicking everywhere — including Paris Fashion Week — while the tech mogul defiles the crown jewel nurtured by Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham is sickening.
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That would set a high roller back at least $17,500 per person.
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The kind of one-on-one coaching high rollers get at physical tables, in his telling, becomes available to anyone on the site.
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Twenty-six James Bond films (the 25 Eon joints, plus the prodigal Never Say Never Again) are coming to Netflix this month.
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Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.
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Delery ruminates on her wastrel youth.
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He was raised on Chicago’s North Side by a wastrel father and a mother who struggled to put food on their table.
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The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.
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The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.
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Crucially, the premium push isn't crowding out lower-income spenders.
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The north London side have been hefty transfer spenders since completing the build of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2019, and such spending had caught up with their bank balance.
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“Fritterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritterer. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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