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- Dictionaryspendthrift/ˈspɛn(d)θrɪft/
noun
- 1. a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible way: "Putt was a spendthrift and a heavy gambler"
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- Spendthrift
Someone who spends money prodigiously and who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond her or his means
A spendthrift is someone who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful with money, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond their means. Spendthrift derives from an obsolete sense of the word thrift to mean prosperity rather than frugality, so a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity. Wikipedia
