Word: fritter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...various White House advisers might raise the tax to as much as 15% or 20%, might increase the employe's load more than the employer's. With this burden added to all his other taxes (see p. 16), the worker would have precious little money left to fritter away...
...thin civilian skin, the Jacksonville cadet finds his existence pretty comfortable. There are the six tennis courts, a swimming pool, a golf driving range, the Cadet club where tax-free Tom Collinses sell for 20?. Outside his hard-driven hours he has no responsibilities. With $75 a month to fritter away on weekends or payments on a car, he seems to have ample funds for his brief periods "ashore"-Saturday nights and Sundays...