as in spendthrift
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
a wastrel who had the dubious distinction of being the drunken fritterer of one of the largest fortunes ever amassed in America
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While small compared to what the RTA has spent on lobbying efforts, the spendthrifts at the CTA don’t put much confidence in how any of the agencies would spend dwindling amounts of Illinois tax dollars if lawmakers hold them back from the looming fiscal precipice.—
Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
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Most states allow spendthrift trusts, but some limit the amount of principal that can be protected.—
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With the landscape so distorted by the high rollers and opportunists, many displaced by the Palisades fire don’t even stand a chance on the West Side.—
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With rose gold hardware, an onyx dial and a $280,000 price tag, this timepiece was made for high rollers.—
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Having blown into town as a returned prodigal, Jérémie seems to be on his way to becoming a surrogate son.—
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Jérémie stays on as a guest of the baker’s widow (Catherine Frot), but her son (Jean-Baptiste Durand) resents the prodigal’s return.—
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Ridley, traumatized by the cancer death of her mother and considered mostly a wastrel by those around her for pursuing a degree in the dread-inducing major of art history, knows a thing or two about the mythology behind these kindly rainbow-spewing creatures.—
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Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel.—
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.—
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“Fritterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritterer. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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