n. A spendthrift. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be,
A dingthrift and a knave? Drant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A spendthrift. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]
A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Spendthrift; prodigal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. þrift. See Thrive. ]
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Common thrift (Bot.),
adv.
A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [ greeted ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. --
a.
Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have five hundred crowns,
The thrifty hire I saved under your father. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unthrifty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
adv. Not thriftily. [ Obs. ] “Unthriftfully spent.” Sir J. Cheke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
n. The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not thrifty; profuse. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A spendthrift. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]