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dingthrift

noun

Etymology

From ding + thrift. Compare English spendthrift and wastethrift.

  1. derived from þrift
  2. inherited from thrift
  3. compounded as dingthrift — “ding + thrift”

Definitions

  1. A spendthrift.

    • Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, / A dingthrift and a knave?

The neighborhood

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