slipstring — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. A wastefully extravagant person; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

   Употребление

   • вышедшее из употребления

   Синонимы

   spendthrift

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   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.