fritterer

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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Noun
  • That’s half a trillion sucked out of the market and into the bottomless pit of the incontinent spendthrifts in the U.S. government.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Even for a country as awash with cash as Venezuela has been since 2004, Chávez's spendthrift ways have left behind a worrisome level of debt, fiscal deficit, and dependence on imports.
    Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2013
Noun
  • The first vast eight rows of tables closest to the stage are reserved for longtime supporters and high rollers, and Palm Springs has plenty of them.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
  • So, organizers took the collection off-site to the MGM Casino and created a special gallery event for high rollers.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Instead, all the adulation is directed toward Charlotte’s prodigal adopted son, the guy who holds more than his share of team records and is considered by many to be the best player in franchise history.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025
  • After all, there’s always one prodigal — one unstable element who’s removed themself as far as possible from the precarious family mixture.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
  • Atay lingers on the outskirts, keeping the company of workers and wastrels, poets and drunks—all those who refuse the monumental transformations of Turkish society.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
  • California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Fritterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fritterer. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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