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English
Etymology
From ding + thrift. Compare English spendthrift and wastethrift.
Noun
dingthrift (plural dingthrifts)
- (obsolete) A spendthrift.
1566, Thomas Drant, Satires:Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, / A dingthrift and a knave?
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