squanderer

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Benjamin Franklin, no squanderer of time, would be impressed by the schedules kept by today's children.

From Time Magazine Archive

A hundred people would lend me money, or to any man who has not the reputation of a squanderer.

From The Journal to Stella by Swift, Jonathan

True, the picture here is mainly that of confidence that the wife is no squanderer of her husband's goods, but the sweet thought goes far beyond the immediate application.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander

There never was such a squanderer of his own immeasurable riches.

From In the Days of Poor Richard by Bacheller, Irving

I warrant she’s clean out of medicine an money, for she’s a regular squanderer when it comes to makin’ rag rugs.

From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn