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frit away en · VERB
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(transitive) To fritter away.
Luck was not mine to frit away life unconsorted in wedlock
1888, Virgil, translated by Rev. Oliver Crane, The Aeneid:the feelings must be fresh as well as matured; they must not have been fritted away by previous indulgence
1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram:Most people think the International Set is made up of a group of wealthy party goers who frit away their time in Paris, St. Moritz and on the Riviera.
1957, Art Buchwald, The Brave Coward:
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