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scapethrift
ˈscapethrift Obs. exc. arch. [f. scape v. + thrift.] A spendthrift.c 1460 Towneley Myst. ii. 384 How, pyke-harnes, scape⁓thryft! how, pike-harnes, how! 1526 Skelton Magnif. 761 Howe be it, of Scape Thryfte your clokes smelleth musty. 1577–87 Holinshed Hist. Scot. 263/1 He gathered a power of wicked ... Oxford English Dictionary
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scapegrace
scapegrace, n. and a. (ˈskeɪpgreɪs) [f. scape v. + grace n., the etymological notion being ‘one who escapes the grace of God’. Cf. the older scapethrift and want-grace.] A. n. 1. A man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; an incorrigible scamp. Often used playfully.1809 Malkin Gil Blas v. i. ¶3... Oxford English Dictionary
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Eastward Hoe
Sir Petronel Flash, a 'thirty pound' knight, engaged to Gertrude Captain Seagull, a ship's captain employed by Petronel to Virginia Spendall and Scapethrift wikipedia.org
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scape
▪ I. scape, n.1 (skeɪp) Also 4 schap, 4–6 skape. [Aphetic var. of escape n.1] 1. An act of escaping; = escape n.1 arch. Now chiefly in hairbreadth scape, after Shakespeare: see hairbreadth. (Often written 'scape.)a 1300 Cursor M. 23730 All sal we rin into his rape, we wat þat þar mai li na scape. 13... Oxford English Dictionary
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