fritter : Idioms & Phrases

• noun fritter containing sliced apple
  

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• noun fritter containing corn or corn kernels
  

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• a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. U. S.

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• noun a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar
  beignet.
  

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• verb spend frivolously and unwisely
  shoot; fool; fool away; dissipate; frivol away; fritter.
  
  • Fritter away one's inheritance

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• noun batter for making fritters
  

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• to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.

Webster 1913