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slipthrifts

slipthrifts is the plural of slipthrift.

Meaning of slipthrift

Noun

slipthrift (plural slipthrifts)

  1. (obsolete) A spendthrift.
    • Especially must I guard my young preaching brother against imitating the studied carelessness and slipthrift manner of a certain type of dandies.1866 February 1, “Preaching and Young Preachers”, in The British Harbinger, volume 19, page 47
  2. (obsolete) A gambling game that was invented in the early 1500s, similar to shuffleboard but played with coins on a board, and which was more commonly called shovegroat.
    • What to dooe there? To bowle, or to plaie at dise, or cardes, penipricke, or slipthrift.1579, Richard Rice, Invective

Questions about slipthrifts

What is slipthrifts the plural of?
Slipthrifts is the plural of slipthrift.

Words near slipthrifts in the dictionary

  1. slipstreamy
  2. slipstring
  3. slipstrings
  4. slipt
  5. slipthrift
  6. slipthrifts
  7. slipup
  8. slipups
  9. slipware
  10. slipwares
  11. slipway

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