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Definition of Scattergood

1. Noun. Someone who spends money prodigally.

Definition of Scattergood

1. n. One who wastes; a spendthrift.

Definition of Scattergood

1. Noun. One who wastes; a spendthrift. ¹

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Definition of Scattergood

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scattergood

Literary usage of Scattergood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1897)
"GG scattergood, ANTONY (1011- 1687), divine, was eldest of the twelve children of John ... In 1664 scattergood received the prebend of Sa\\ lev in Lichfield ..."

2. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"scattergood. Had yon it in the house? I thought it had been your own : 'tis ... scattergood. Gleek let it be, for I am persuaded I shall gleek some of you. ..."

3. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"By AIEE ELECTRIC POWER IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT BY EF scattergood The Los Angeles aqueduct extends from the intake in Owens valley, ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"... HARRIS J. RYAN AND EF scattergood.] Since the date at which this paper was read we have made with the aid of a carefully adjusted contact-maker a study ..."

5. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1844)
"THE FORTUNES OF THE scattergood FAMILY. BY ALBERT SMITH. WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH. CHAPTER I. The Waggon. ABOUT four miles to the south of a ..."

6. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica by Joseph Jackson Howard (1898)
"Dr. scattergood married, about 1641, or at any rate some time before 1646, Martha Wharton of London. Has any one come across the entry of the marriage in ..."

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