slipthrift

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slipthrift

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From slip + thrift.

noun slipthrifts

obsolete A spendthrift. Especially must I guard my young preaching brother against imitating the studied carelessness and slipthrift manner of a certain type of dandies.
obsolete A gambling game that was invented in the early 1500s, similar to shuffleboard but played with coins on a board, and which was more commonly called shovegroat. What to dooe there? To bowle, or to plaie at dise, or cardes, penipricke, or slipthrift.

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@misc{slipthrift_2026,
  title = {slipthrift},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slipthrift},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}