SPENDTHRIFT
ADJECTIVES
► RATTLE-BAG wild, spendthrift, harum-scarum → 1886 Eng. dial.
► RATTLE-BRAIN wild, spendthrift, harum-scarum → 19C Eng. dial.
► SLIDDERY squandering, spendthrift → 1892 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CAUDLER a spendthrift; an improvident person; one who messes and muddles → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DANGWALLET a spendthrift → 1679 Eng. dial.
► DECOCTOR one who wastes or squanders; a ruined spendthrift → 1615 obs.
► DINGTHRIFT one who ‘dings’ or drives away thrift, i.e. prudence and economy; a spendthrift, a prodigal → 1567 obs.
► EAT THE PACK, AN a spendthrift → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► EXTRAVAGANT a person who exceeds the bounds of moderation in expenditure, expensive living, etc.; a wasteful person, a spendthrift → 1745 obs.
► FLASHER a person who has plenty of money; a spendthrift → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FORK a spendthrift, a wastrel → L17 sl.
► GILLIAN-SPEND-ALL a woman who is a spendthrift; an unthrifty woman → 1573 obs.
► LAND-WASTER a prodigal; a spendthrift → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LETTER-GO one who ‘lets go’; a spendthrift; a squanderer → a1637
► LICKPENNY one who ‘licks up’ the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner → a1400 obs.
► MONEY-CUFFEE ► MONEY-CUFFIE a foolish spendthrift → 1894 W. Indies sl.
► NEVE a spendthrift, a squanderer → c1440 obs.
► RABBIT-SUCKER a young spendthrift ‘taking up goods upon tick (credit) at excessive rates’ → 17C cant
► RACKLE a spendthrift → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RAMMACK a dissolute spendthrift; a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer → 19C Sc.
► RANNACK a dissolute spendthrift, a rake → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RATTLE-BRAIN a confused, silly, or stupid person; a wild, harum-scarum person; a spendthrift → 19C Eng. dial.
► SCATTER-BRASS a spendthrift → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCATTER-CASH a spendthrift → 1898 Sc.
► SCATTER-GOOD a spendthrift → 1819 Sc. obs.
► SPILL-GOOD a spendthrift → 1626 obs.
► WORLD’S WASTER a spendthrift → 1825 Sc.
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