English Explanatory Dictionary

slipthrift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spendthrift.
  2. 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.

Word forms

slipthrift slipthrifts

Etymology

From slip + thrift.

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