spendthrift
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When it became clear mom was nearing the end of her life, I suggested she set up a spendthrift trust to protect his inheritance.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The last was in 1821, for the rotund, spendthrift George IV. One of the reasons it was the last?
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023
I am not a spendthrift, for sure, but I haven’t been frugal either, and I sometimes feel guilty because I think maybe I should have been.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022
Because she fell for words like fresh-picked and vine-ripened, our mother was defined as a spendthrift.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Intermediate, List 9
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