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One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).

One who misspends.

One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. I embroidered for you a beautiful pair of braces. Thackeray.

An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber. [Colloq.]

A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] -- Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc. -- Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engin…