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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A wastefully extravagant person; a prodigal; a spendthrift..
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.
Use slipstring when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slipstring means (obsolete) A wastefully extravagant person; a prodigal; a spendthrift..
Common synonyms include spendthrift.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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