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| | + | ===Alternative forms=== |
| | + | * [[apron-string]] |
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| | ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== |
| | {{en-noun|head=[[apron]] [[string]]}} | | {{en-noun|head=[[apron]] [[string]]}} |
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| − | # One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn cloth strips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist. | + | # One of the pair of strings or narrow [[sewn]] [[cloth]][[ strips]] used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist. |
| − | # A symbol of the [[binding]] of a husband or of his fortunes to domestic life or to his wife. | + | # {{idiomatic|often|[[pluralize]]d}} A symbol of the [[domestic]] [[tie]]s binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother). |
| | + | #* '''1852''', [[w:William Makepeace Thackeray|William Makepeace Thackeray]], ''The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.'', ch. 7: |
| | + | #*: [T]he opinion of the country was that my lord was tied to his wife's '''apron-strings''', and that she ruled over him. |
| | + | #* '''1914''', [[w:Thornton W. Burgess|Thornton W. Burgess]], ''The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat''. ch. 1: |
| | + | #*: "Pooh!" said Jerry, throwing out his chest, "I guess I can take care of myself without being tied to my mother's '''apron strings'''!" |
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| | [[et:apron string]] | | [[et:apron string]] |
