A con game played with a chain, belt or string that is laid down to form two open loops. The mark places a finger or stick in one of the loops to try to secure the chain when it gets lifted, but the con artist is able to prevent this no matter which loop was chosen.
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
Immoral; abandoned to vice.