Meaning of slipstring | Babel Free

Definitions

A wastefully extravagant person; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

obsolete

Examples

“Every promise that thou therein dost utter, / Is as sure as it were sealed with butter, / Or a mouse tyed with a threed. Every good thing / Thou lettest even slip, like a waghalter slipstring.”

“Goinfre: m. A wag, ſlipſtring, knaviſh lad; a merrie conceited whoreſonne, a notable good fellow, an excellent companion.”

“Well, slip-string, I shall meet with you.”

CEFR level