dingthrift

noun

dingthrift

noun

Etymology From ding + thrift. Compare English spendthrift and wastethrift.

1

Obsolete A spendthrift.

  • Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, / A dingthrift and a knave?1566, Thomas Drant, Satires:

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