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   fritter

   /ˈfrɪtə/

   verb

   • 1. waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters: "I wish we hadn't frittered the money away so easily"
   • 2. divide (something) into small pieces: archaic "they become frittered into minute tatters"

   Word Origin early 18th century: based on obsolete fitter ‘break into fragments, shred’; perhaps related to German Fetzen ‘rag, scrap’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fritterer noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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