The Collaborative International Dictionary
G-string \G-string\ n.
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a patch of cloth attached to and supported by string-like cords, worn over the hips, and serving to cover only the pubic area; -- often worn by stripteasers.
Syn: thong, merkin.
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A small covering for the loins.
Syn: breechcloth, breechclout, loincloth.
[from Dr. Graubau.] (Physics) A transmission line consisting a single wire coated with dielectric, thus permitting surface-wave propagation. [slang]
--Dict. Sci. Technol.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1878, geestring, "loincloth worn by an American Indian," originally the string that holds it up, etymology unknown. The spelling with G (1882) is perhaps from influence of violin string tuned to a G (in this sense G string is first recorded 1831), the lowest and heaviest of the violin strings. First used of women's attire 1936, with reference to strip-teasers.\n\nI AM the spirit of the silver "G":\n
I am silvered sadness,\n
I am moonlit gladness,\n
I am that fine madness\n
Of reverence half, and half of ecstasy\n
[from "Spirit of the 'G' String," Alfred L. Donaldson, in "Songs of My Violin," 1901]
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context music English) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G. 2 A scant covering for the genitalia, especially one worn by a stripper. 3 A type of loincloth or breech cloth. n. 1 (context music English) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G. 2 A scant covering for the genitalia, especially one worn by a stripper. 3 A type of loincloth or breech cloth.
Wikipedia
The two terms G-string and thong are sometimes used interchangeably; however, technically they refer to different pieces of clothing.
Usage examples of "g-string".
Her rounded fleshy shoulders rolled to the music of the night, her full breasts heaved ecstatically to the music of the night, mournful music that oozed from the cellar dives of Isola, pounded with the beat of a glittering G-string, music that came with mathematical precision from the cool bop bistros, music that bounced with the cornball rhythms of the supper clubs.
The girl affixed an electrostatically clinging sequin to each of her nipples, coyly displayed a G-string and wriggled into it, and then writhed up from behind her desk in an erotic dance.
He passes a boxed pair of Number 4 Derringers, be a nice gun for Jeanine, she could tuck it in her G-string, fire off a shot with every bump and grind.
They were very rude boys, but their apparently indifferent despication of foreigners was perhaps a healthy sign, stirring in sympathy a limp G-string in his own nature.
There was a live band snarling out music, and a few tired-looking women in G-strings bumping and grinding in front of them.
The other woman knelt in a pool of her own dark hair, hanging on his leg, one hand playing with the side strap of the G-string.
Even the men who would never dream of taking one of these girls into the back room for actual sex knew that just sitting here while the girls displayed themselves was a way of telling them they could be had for a pricewere, in fact, being had for a price, witness the ten-dollar bills tucked into G-string bands.
There were men wearing tube socks as penis sheaths and women with G-strings fashioned out of dental dams.
Now, Paul noticed, his belly cast a shadow over his G-string, his left calf had developed a varicose vein, and war paint failed to hide the gray bags under his eyes.