slip-halter

See also: sliphalter

English

Alternative forms

• sliphalter

Etymology

From slip +‎ halter.

Noun

slip-halter (plural slip-halters)

1. (obsolete) Someone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.
   • 1659, Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene, Lady Alimony, act 4, scene 6; republished in Hazlitt, William Carew, editor, A Select Collection of Old English Plays, volume 14, New York: Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1964:

     Why, you whoreson rogue! where's my suit? As I hope for mercy, I am half-persuaded that this slip-halter has pawned my clothes.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gallows bird