wastegood

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wastegood

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noun wastegoods · waste good · waste-good

  1. obsolete A spendthrift. This firſt, whom by his careleſſe ſlovenly gate, at firſt ſight, I imagined to be a Poet, is a waſte good and an unthrift, that he is born to make the taverns rich, and himſelfe a begger[…]

    Similar: scattergood, wastethrift

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@misc{wastegood_2026,
  title = {wastegood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wastegood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}