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Search phrase: spendthrift

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam IV.vii.121And then this ‘ should ’ is like a spendthrift sigh,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.15Spendthrifts, and such that gape for nothing elseSpend thrifts, and such as gape for nothing else,
The TempestTem II.i.26Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!Fie, what a spend-thrift is he of his tongue.

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Glossary

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prodigalwaster, squanderer, spendthrift
unthriftspendthrift, squanderer, wastrel
unthriftunthrifty, spendthrift, prodigal

Thesaurus

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spendthriftunthrift
spendthriftunthrift
spendthriftprodigal

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SPENDPEOPLEspendthrift n
SPENDSTATEspendthrift adj
THRIFTPEOPLEspendthrift n
THRIFTSTATEspendthrift adj

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