Let's hope so ...... the spendthrift is bankrupting the country. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. racks up debt at slower rate] Reference
To start with, his popular reputation as a careless spendthrift is untrue. From Wordnik.com. [What do financial records tell us about authors?] Reference
I voted for McGinn and the notion that he's the fiscally responsible one and Dively's a spendthrift is moronic. sister Loura. From Wordnik.com. [McGinn’s Budget Briefing: Gloom, Doom, and Reorganization « PubliCola] Reference
He has been described as a spendthrift and gambler, and as one scarcely honest in his extravagance and gambling. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has been described as a spendthrift "socialist" by the head of emerging markets at Goldman Sachs. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEW STRONGMEN] Reference
Government to pull the reins on 'spendthrift' ministers. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to India, Nigeria to strengthen relationship] Reference
Wonder if one could turn "spendthrift" into a transitive noun: "We must not spendthrift our children's heritage.". From Wordnik.com. [Shopfloor] Reference
One was the so-called spendthrift trust doctrine. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
Is it possible to spend and yet not be spendthrift?. From Wordnik.com. [When Prudence Was a Virtue] Reference
It wastes lives and treasure like a spendthrift heir. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghosts Of Vietnam] Reference
But he was also a spendthrift and a libertine; and had Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
They mourn their birth -- The spendthrift begs some kinsman. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
The latest bailout for public unions and spendthrift states. From Wordnik.com. [Stimulus Pushers] Reference
A little spendthrift who will bring us all to the workhouse!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Yorkshire; his father, a profligate and spendthrift living at. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
The life she goes on to describe does not sound exactly spendthrift. From Wordnik.com. [Is the British middle class an endangered species?] Reference
Unabashed he seemed to take a pride in the spendthrift race he had run. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The fact is, he is dreadfully afraid that I will turn out a spendthrift. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
The full consequences of Hungary's spendthrift habits are still to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Europe: Backsliding?] Reference
Some researchers worry how effective any of this can be in our spendthrift culture. From Wordnik.com. [Clues for the Clueless] Reference
The Republicans used the report to bolster the claim that Clinton was a spendthrift. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: On The Road] Reference
The 111th Congress is the most spendthrift in a century outside of World Wars I and II. From Wordnik.com. [The Democratic Fisc] Reference
What if the nation had been spendthrift, and gone into the war with that level of debt?. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Minarik: "Good Debt" and "Bad Debt?"] Reference
One is an unabashed spendthrift, proposing to expand the size and cost of government. From Wordnik.com. [DeMorning DeBonis: Sept. 7, 2010] Reference
Awash in cash from a flush economy, many local lawmakers in the 1980s were unquestionably spendthrift. From Wordnik.com. [Where Did All The Money Go?] Reference
The U.S. economy would depend less on Americans 'spendthrift habits and more on exports and investment. From Wordnik.com. [Will America Pass the Baton?] Reference
Palocci then calmly announced plans to wipe out the public deficit, an unprecedented goal in spendthrift Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Grace] Reference
Even in the Champions League, a bastion of capitalism amid the welfare states of Europe, Real is a rare spendthrift. From Wordnik.com. [The Team Money Built] Reference
And long after the Americans gave up their spendthrift gallivanting, the Concorde kept on flying -- until last week. From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
In the 1990s, the strength of the German mark persuaded France and Italy to end their spendthrift ways and bring inflation down. From Wordnik.com. [The European Envy Effect] Reference
The big concern is adult children with spendthrift ways, contentious marriages or careers that leave them vulnerable to lawsuits. From Wordnik.com. [When Trusts Meet Retirement Accounts] Reference
Such partnerships can work for a certain period of time, but eventually the penny-pincher gets disillusioned with the spendthrift. From Wordnik.com. [‘Chimerica’ is Headed for Divorce] Reference
"When good times come, populists have no reason to reform spendthrift economies," says Shelly Shetty, an analyst at Fitch Ratings. From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of The Old Caudillo] Reference
And in subsequent years, while Petrobras did find oil, it also became a house of patronage and a till for a spendthrift bureaucracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Nimble Monopoly] Reference
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