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Shoestring

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Noun

1. shoe lace, shoe string, shoelace, shoestring

a lace used for fastening shoes

2. shoe string, shoestring

a small amount of money

Example Sentences:
'he managed it on a shoestring'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shoestring

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noun
1.  another word for shoelace
2. informal
a. 
a very small or petty amount of money (esp in the phrase on a shoestring)
b. 
(as modifier)
a shoestring budget

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Shoestring

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noun
1. 
shoelace
2.  US
a small or barely adequate amount of capital
a business started on a shoestring
adjective
3. 
like a shoestring; long and narrow
4.  US
of, operating on, or characterized by a small amount of money
a shoestring budget
5.  US
at, near, or around the ankles
a shoestring catch, a shoestring tackle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shoestring

see synonyms of shoestring
n.
1. See shoelace.
2. A small sum of money; capital that is barely adequate: a company that started on a shoestring.
adj.
1. Long and slender: shoestring potatoes.
2. Marked by or consisting of a small amount of money: a shoestring budget.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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