squanderer
Example Sentences
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Benjamin Franklin, no squanderer of time, would be impressed by the schedules kept by today's children.
From Time Magazine Archive
He seems to have deviated from the common practice; to have been a hoarder in his first years, and a squanderer in his last.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Samuel Johnson
True, the picture here is mainly that of confidence that the wife is no squanderer of her husband's goods, but the sweet thought goes far beyond the immediate application.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Alexander Maclaren
There never was such a squanderer of his own immeasurable riches.
From In the Days of Poor Richard by Irving Bacheller
She was no squanderer of her father’s money—she knew the value of every thing; no waste, no scantiness was her mode.
From The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. by Unknown
