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Definition of Shoe string
1. Noun. A small amount of money. "He managed it on a shoestring"
2. Noun. A lace used for fastening shoes.
Terms within: Aglet, Aiglet
Generic synonyms: Lace, Lacing
Group relationships: Shoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoe String
Literary usage of Shoe string
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1817)
"TO A LADY WHO ASKED FOR HER SHOE-STRING, WHICH WAS ACCIDENTALLY BROKEN OFF IN
DANCING, AND TAKEN BY THE WRITER. THE string! the String! come, give it back, ..."
2. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"93-97. 1916. Stone, GE Effects of illuminating gas on vegetation. Massachusetts Agr.
Exp. Sta. Ann. Rept. 25:1:45-60, figs. 1-3. 1913. SHOE-STRING ROOT-ROT ..."
3. The Existing Conflict Between Republican Government and Southern Oligarchy by Green Berry Raum (1884)
"... Congress—The Famous " shoe string" District—Oppressive Execution of the
Registration Laws so as to Disfranchise Republican Voters—Military Organization ..."
4. Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an by Charles Francis Hall (1865)
"Life hanging on a Shoe-string.—Courage of Esquimaux Boys.— Author's Escape.—Decomposed
Rocks.—Tes-su-win. ..."
5. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"... mellea (Fries) Quelet The shoe-string or honey-mushroom root-rot is common
throughout the United States on many kinds of coniferous and deciduous trees. ..."
6. The London Medical Gazette (1829)
"They are not in keeping, as the painters would say— u young lady, in an evening
dress, stooping to tie her shoe-string ! ! The author gives his advice, ..."
7. History of the Republican Party: Embracing Its Origin, Growth and Mission by Frank Abial Flower (1884)
"... Their Uae—Mississippi—The Chisolm Massacre—Villainies of the "Shoe-string
District"—Dishonesty of the Court—The Killing of JP Matthews—A Cold-bloo-.led ..."
8. Life with the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall of by Charles Francis Hall (1864)
"Boat Incident—Life hanging on a Shoe-string—Courage of Esquimaux Boys— Arrival
of the " Georgians. "—Author's Sickness and Recovery—Attention of the Natives ..."
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