Definitions

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  • noun informal A person who is addicted to spending money.

Etymologies

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From spend + -aholic.

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Examples

  • He called the government's culture of quangos and initiatives "spendaholic", and said the human rights act and health and safety industry strangled-out trust and social responsibility.

    Cameron Pledges Thatcherite Crusade on Britain's Broken Society 2008

  • He blasted a 'spendaholic' Government for wasting billions of taxpayers 'money and said the coming election must bring about a' complete change of direction 'for Britain after 13 years of Labour rule which have ended in recession and the inauguration of an' age of austerity '.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • He blasted a "spendaholic" Government for wasting billions of taxpayers 'money and said the coming election must bring about a "complete change of direction" for Britain after 13 years of Labour rule which have ended in recession and the inauguration of an "age of austerity".

    icSolihull 2009

  • Thrifty David Cameron attacks 'spendaholic' Labour

    WN.com - Articles related to For god's sake, think of the children 2009

  • He blasted a "spendaholic" Government for wasting billions of taxpayers 'money and said the coming election must bring about a "complete change of direction" for Britain after 13 years of Labour rule which have ended in recession and the inauguration of an "age of austerity".

    icScotland 2009

  • We need to derail this "spendaholic" train before it moves farther.

    unknown title 2009

  • Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent yesterday served notice that a Conservative government would impose swingeing spending cuts across government as he replaces Labour's "spendaholic" ways with a new era of thrift.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • He blasted a "spendaholic" Government for wasting billions of taxpayers 'money and said the coming election must bring about a "complete change of direction" for Britain after 13 years of Labour rule which have ended in recession and the inauguration of an "age of austerity".

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • He blasted a "spendaholic" Government for wasting billions of taxpayers 'money and said the coming election must bring about a "complete change of direction" for Britain after 13 years of Labour rule which have ended in recession and the inauguration of an "age of austerity".

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • He blasted a "spendaholic" Government for wasting billions of taxpayers 'money and said the coming election must bring about a "complete change of direction" for Britain after 13 years of Labour rule which have ended in recession and the inauguration of an "age of austerity".

    unknown title 2009

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