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apron string

apron string noun: one of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.

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
    • [T]he opinion of the country was that my lord was tied to his wife's apron-strings, and that she ruled over him.1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 7, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC

Forms of apron string

pluralapron strings
alternative formapron-string

Words formed from apron string

Questions about apron string

What does apron string mean?
Apron string means one of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.
What part of speech is apron string?
Apron string is a noun.
What is the plural of apron string?
The plural of apron string is apron strings.

Words near apron string in the dictionary

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

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