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Definition of Shoestring
1. Noun. A lace used for fastening shoes.
Terms within: Aglet, Aiglet
Generic synonyms: Lace, Lacing
Group relationships: Shoe
2. Noun. A small amount of money. "He managed it on a shoestring"
Definition of Shoestring
1. Noun. the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace ¹
2. Noun. a tight budget; very little money ¹
3. Noun. a long narrow cut of a food; a julienne ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoestring
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoestring
Literary usage of Shoestring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord, June Conord (2006)
"Railway workers and immigrant entrepreneurs from Europe, North America and Arabia
are interred here. Adventures on a shoestring number of things can be ..."
2. Adventure Guide Costa Rica by Bruce Conord, June Conord (2005)
"Adventures on a shoestring If you can count your money, you don't have a billion
dollars. ~ J. Paul Getty, American billionaire A number of things can be ..."
3. By-ways of Nature and Life by Clarence Deming (1884)
"THE shoestring DISTRICT; A POLITICAL RETROSPECT. TRENDING for several hundred
miles along the western edge of the State of Mississippi, and bordering the ..."
4. By-ways of Nature and Life by Clarence Deming (1884)
"THE shoestring DISTRICT; A POLITICAL RETROSPECT. TRENDING for several hundred
miles along the western edge of the State of Mississippi, and bordering the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Universal Reference Library Comprising the ...by Scientific American, inc by Scientific American, inc (1905)
"The most famous of many great gerrymanders in the United States is the "shoestring
District* (Sixth Congressional) of Mississippi, formed to minimize the ..."
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