† ˈslide-thrift Obs.
[f. slide v., after slide-groat.]
1. Shovelboard, slide-groat.
| 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 9 §1 New and craftie games and plaies, as..slide thrift, otherwise called shoue groat. 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. iii. 79 Some of the Townesmen were..bowling: some at slide-thrift, or shouel-board. |
2. A spendthrift.
| a 1591 H. Smith Wks. (1866) I. 327 So you depart from our sermons like a slide-thrift's purse, which will hold no money. |
Hence † ˈslidethrifter, one who plays at shovel-board. Obs.
| 1579 Rice Invective agst. Vices D ij b, Neither..Slide⁓thrifters, Scailers, nor Darters. |