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shoestring
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shoestring has 2 senses
- shoestring(n = noun.artifact) shoe lace, shoe string, shoelace - a lace used for fastening shoes; Array has parts: aglet, aiglet
- shoestring(n = noun.quantity) shoe string - a small amount of money; "he managed it on a shoestring" is a kind of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
is a kind of lace, lacing
is a part of shoe
CIDE DICTIONARY
shoestring, n.
- same as shoelace. [PJC]
- a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an enterprise on a shoestring. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shoestring, n.
1 a shoelace.
2 colloq. a small esp. inadequate amount of money (living on a shoestring).
3 (attrib.) barely adequate; precarious (a shoestring majority).
1 a shoelace.
2 colloq. a small esp. inadequate amount of money (living on a shoestring).
3 (attrib.) barely adequate; precarious (a shoestring majority).
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