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apron strings
n. (apron string English)
WordNet
apron strings
n. cord used to tie an apron at the waist [syn: apron string]
Usage examples of "apron strings".
Milla came, a couple of naked children clutching her apron strings.
Just as they reached the pool she cut through her apron strings and was able to get free and run home like the wind, all the while in terror thinking the thing was coming behind her.
In any case, he found himself easily distracted by the way the neat bow of the apron strings accented her tidy little butt.
I crawled carefully behind her (I could not walk then), and pulled her apron strings loose.