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apron strings

apron strings is the plural 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

Questions about apron strings

What is apron strings the plural of?
Apron strings is the plural of apron string.

Words near apron strings in the dictionary

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

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