spendthrift

Example Sentences

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Republicans often say their regular refusals to raise the debt ceiling are about fiscal prudence and reining in spendthrift Democrats.

From Washington Post

Even more spendthrift shoppers in China are tightening purse strings, sector watchers say, as the country's harsh COVID-19 curbs have slammed the economy.

From Reuters

Sacrifice sheer consumer quantity in favor of quality spendthrifts?

From Washington Post

“I don’t want it to sound like they were being stupid or spendthrift. They were doing the right thing to respond to these problems,” Noble said Friday.

From Seattle Times

"People have remembered her as being eccentric, grumpy, prickly. She gets accused of being both a miser and a spendthrift - and that she did unpleasant things."

From BBC