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/ˈeɪprən strɪŋ/ Listen

Apron string

noun

(usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waist.

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"Apron string" Quotes from Famous Books

... for life, like a mean heathen Ingin. Well, jist do the civil now, and tell me when that little braggin' feller ever whipped us, will you? Just tell me the day of the year he was ever able to do it, since his mammy cut the apron string and let him run to seek his fortin'. Heavens and airth, we'd a ...

— The Attache - or, Sam Slick in England, Complete • Thomas Chandler Haliburton

... much indulgence. But while my sisters petted and pampered me, my mother's graver manners and prayers doubtless saved me from being too selfish and effeminate. Boys, however, owe chiefly to each other their escape from the apron string and ...

— Confessions of Boyhood • John Albee

... mothers blameless, then?" Nay, dearie, nay. Nor even tactful, always. Yet there may Come some grey dawning in the by and by, When, no more brave, nor sure, nor strong, you'll cry Aloud to God, for that despised thing, The old dear comfort—Mother's apron string. ...

— The Verse-Book Of A Homely Woman • Elizabeth Rebecca Ward, AKA Fay Inchfawn

Words linked to "Apron string" : cord, apron