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Definition of Drawstrings
1. drawstring [n] - See also: drawstring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawstrings
Literary usage of Drawstrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Investing in Our Future: A National Research Initiative for Americas edited by Neal Lane, Harold Varmus (1997)
"drawstrings on Children's Clothing: Since 1985, CPSC has received reports of 17
deaths and 42 non-fatal incidents caused by drawstrings from the hoods and ..."
2. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"Half-boots of the same material, reaching to mid- leg, without drawstrings, or
shoes reaching just above the ankle with a string round the top are sometimes ..."
3. The Bookman (1898)
"One by one the dogs gave out. and the exhausted men had to haul at the drawstrings
of the sledges. Presently dog- food failed. "Then," says Mr. Peary, ..."
4. The French Revolution by Louis Madelin (1916)
"The drawstrings of this net, with its close meshes—as M. Aulard calls it—were in
the grasp of the Committee of Public Safety. ..."
5. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1921)
"Used for rough edges of seams. Most useful for mending. Lingerie Tape—for
drawstrings in underwear; serviceable and washable; ..."
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