spendthrift - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • habit: My home was simply a middle-class affair ruined by spendthrift habits which I have inherited.
  • council: In a warning shot to spendthrift local councils Mr Prescott said some recent increases were unsustainable.
  • way: Louis was patient when people criticized Eleanor's spendthrift ways, her passion for fashion, her large entourage of followers and hangers-on.

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