THRIFTLESS
ADJECTIVES
► ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE lazy, thriftless, ne’er-do-well → 1570 sl.
► WANTHRIFTY not thrifty; extravagant → 1827 Sc.
NOUNS
► NEVER-THRIVING a thriftless pack → 1486 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABBEY LUBBER a lazy, thriftless person → c1750 nautical sl.
► DAB an untidy, thriftless woman; a drab; a term of contempt → 1730
► DILP a thriftless housewife → 1768 Sc. obs.
► MISGUIDER a thriftless, wasteful person → 1824 Sc.
► TANGLE a thriftless, slatternly person → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TANGLES a thriftless, slatternly person → Bk1883 Eng. dial.
► UNTHRIFT a good-for-nothing person; a thriftless squanderer → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WANTHRIFT a thriftless person → 1586 obs.
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