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slipstrings

slipstrings is the plural of slipstring.

Meaning of slipstring

Noun

slipstring (plural slipstrings)

  1. (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.1546, John Heywood, chapter VII, in Julian Sharman, editor, The Proverbs of John Heywood, London: George Bell and Sons, published 1874, pages 147–148
    Synonyms:
    spendthrift

Questions about slipstrings

What is slipstrings the plural of?
Slipstrings is the plural of slipstring.

Words near slipstrings in the dictionary

  1. slipstreamers
  2. slipstreaming
  3. slipstreams
  4. slipstreamy
  5. slipstring
  6. slipstrings
  7. slipt
  8. slipthrift
  9. slipthrifts
  10. slipup
  11. slipups

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