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Shoestring

The string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace.

📖 Definitions of "Shoestring"

noun
  1. 1

    The string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace.

    "Your shoestring is untied."

  2. 2

    A tight budget; very little money.

    "He did all that on a shoestring budget."

  3. 3

    A long narrow cut of a food; a julienne.

    "shoestring French fries"

verb
  1. 1

    To catch using a shoestring catch.

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