单词 |
scapethrift |
释义 |
ˈscapethrift Obs. exc. arch. [f. scape v. + thrift.] A spendthrift.
c1460Towneley Myst. ii. 384 How, pyke-harnes, scape⁓thryft! how, pike-harnes, how! 1526Skelton Magnif. 761 Howe be it, of Scape Thryfte your clokes smelleth musty. 1577–87Holinshed Hist. Scot. 263/1 He gathered a power of wicked scapethrifts..burnt the towne [etc.]. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. i. 3 Scape⁓thrifts, who have but the purse of a private man, yet will spend like a Prince. 1838Gentl. Mag. CVIII. ii. 71 A scape⁓thrift laid his hand on his father's plough. |

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