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Slipstring

noun

Definitions

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

    "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."

Etymology

From slip + string.

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