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SCATTERGOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scattergood mean?
• SCATTERGOOD (noun)
The noun SCATTERGOOD has 1 sense:
1. someone who spends money prodigally
Familiarity information: SCATTERGOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who spends money prodigally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
scattergood; spend-all; spender; spendthrift
Hypernyms ("scattergood" is a kind of...):
prodigal; profligate; squanderer (a recklessly extravagant consumer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scattergood"):
big spender; high roller (one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment)
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