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Definition of Shoestrings
1. shoestring [n] - See also: shoestring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoestrings
Literary usage of Shoestrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra by Charles Fayette McGlashan (1880)
"... Liberality—Pitiful Scenes at Donner Lake—Noble Mothers—Dying rather than Eat
Human Flesh—A Mother's Prayer — Tears of Joy—Eating the shoestrings. ..."
2. The Nursery (1875)
"Does anybody want shoestrings ? Dear me, how cold it is ! ... Can I sell you a
pair of shoestrings ? RUTH. — What is the price ? EMILY. ..."
3. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"Then he said, "Okay, and 1 need your belt and your shoestrings. ... He pulled
out the shoestrings and stood up. Standing up from the crouch made him ..."
4. A Yankee in Pigmy Land: Being the Narrative of a Journey Across Africa from by William Edgar Geil (1905)
"She said, " shoestrings! " and he said, " Yes, madam, they dress in shoestrings."
The same day before he was to address a meeting someone politely suggested ..."
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