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dingthrift

dingthrift noun: a spendthrift.

Noun

dingthrift (plural dingthrifts)

  1. (obsolete) A spendthrift.
    • Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, / A dingthrift and a knave?1566, Thomas Drant, Satires

Forms of dingthrift

pluraldingthrifts

Origin of dingthrift

From ding + thrift. Compare English spendthrift and wastethrift.

Questions about dingthrift

What does dingthrift mean?
Dingthrift means a spendthrift.
What part of speech is dingthrift?
Dingthrift is a noun.
What is the plural of dingthrift?
The plural of dingthrift is dingthrifts.

Words near dingthrift in the dictionary

  1. Dingras
  2. Dingri
  3. dings
  4. dings up
  5. Dingsidang
  6. dingthrift
  7. dingthrifts
  8. dingus
  9. dinguses
  10. dingwad
  11. dingwads

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