Obs. [f. WASTE v. + GOOD sb. (sense 7). Cf. scatter-, spend-, stroy-good.] A spendthrift.
1585. Higins, Junius’ Nomencl., 523/2. Barathro,… a spend all: a waste-good.
1592. Nashe, P. Penilesse, B 2 b. If hee haue playde the waste-good at the Innes of the Court.
a. 1639. W. Whateley, Prototypes, II. xxvi. (1640), 69. The worldly-minded man, though hee live in better reputation on Earth, hath no better reputation in Heaven than the waste-good.
1681. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen., 1295. A waste-good, or spend-all, Nepos, decoctor.
