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apron-string

apron-string is the alternative form of apron string.

Meaning of apron string

Noun

apron string (plural apron strings)

  1. One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.
  2. (idiomatic, plural-normally) A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).
    • tied to someone's apron strings

Forms of apron-string

pluralapron-strings

Phrases with apron-string

Questions about apron-string

What is apron-string the alternative form of?
Apron-string is the alternative form of apron string.

Words near apron-string in the dictionary

  1. apron sinks
  2. apron skirt
  3. apron skirts
  4. apron string
  5. apron strings
  6. apron-string
  7. apron-string hold
  8. apron-strings
  9. aproned
  10. aproneer
  11. aproneers

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