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bonnetstring

bonnetstring noun: a string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.

Noun

bonnetstring (plural bonnetstrings)

  1. (plural-normally) A string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.
    • He was actually afraid of her; her glove, her shoe, her needle, thread, and thimble, her bonnetstring, everything, in short, she wore or touched became invested with a mysterious charm.1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing

Forms of bonnetstring

pluralbonnetstrings

Origin of bonnetstring

From bonnet + string.

Questions about bonnetstring

What does bonnetstring mean?
Bonnetstring means a string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.
What part of speech is bonnetstring?
Bonnetstring is a noun.
What is the plural of bonnetstring?
The plural of bonnetstring is bonnetstrings.

Words near bonnetstring in the dictionary

  1. bonnetless
  2. bonnetlike
  3. bonnetmouth
  4. bonnetmouths
  5. bonnets
  6. bonnetstring
  7. bonnetstrings
  8. Bonnett
  9. Bonnette
  10. bonnetted
  11. Bonnettes

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