shoestringn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshoe-string.

1. A string or tie used to fasten or lace a shoe.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > lace, thong, or strap

latchetc1440

langueta1500

shoe-latchet1526

shoe-tie1600

shoestring1616

latch1653

tab1674

languid1688

shoe whang1691

shoe-latch1884

1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 157 A peare silk garters, with gould fring, and shewstring same.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. iii. 221 She is not worthy to tie her majesty's shoe-strings.

2. A kind of tobacco. U.S.

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1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. II. 129 There are seven different kinds of tobacco..each varying from the other. They are named Hudson, Frederick, Thick-joint, Shoe-string, [etc.].

3. A small or inadequate amount of money; a very little capital; a small margin. Chiefly in on a shoestring. colloquial (originally U.S.).

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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum

parcelc1400

plack1530

dodkinc1555

triflec1595

denier1597

driblet1659

song1698

Flanders-fortune1699

pin money1702

doit1728

drab1828

picayune1838

sprat1883

shoestring1904

peanut1910

1882 Cent. Mag. Apr. 884/2 [He] could draw to a shoe-string, as the saying went, and obtain a tan-yard!]

1904 Cosmopolitan May 89/2 He..speculated ‘on a shoe~string’—an exceedingly slim margin.

1926 J. Black You can't Win viii. 90 The new owners had no bankroll, just opened up on a shoestring.

1932 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 310/1 Every business man who has made a big success of himself started on a shoestring.

1932 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Mar. 271 American universities have started department after department on financial shoe-strings.

1957 Listener 28 Nov. 893/3 Reformative efforts have to be..as they say, ‘run on a shoe-string’.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 441 Australians in England, youth-hosteling on a shoestring.

4. = shoestring potato n. at Compounds 3 below.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > prepared potatoes > julienne potato

shoestring potato1906

shoestring1931

1931 ‘B. Starke’ Touch & Go x. 156 I..found that the word ‘shoe-strings’ on the menu really meant Julienne potatoes. I ate every last shoe-string.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Narrow (literal and figurative).

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [adjective]

nareeOE

narrowOE

smallOE

straitc1400

near1493

unthick1587

pinching1607

widthless1813

shoestring1878

1878 Congress. Rec. App. 13 June 478/2 I will promise to meet him on the northern border of ‘the shoe-string district’.

1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 309 Bad roads and shoestring paths..fringe them.

1953 Times 30 July 7 A shoe-string majority.

C2. attributive. Operating on a shoestring, costing or spending little; cheap, informal; petty.

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1890 J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune 494 The gamblers, aside from a lot of ‘hangers on’, known as ‘shoestring’ or ‘tin horn’ gamblers, do not figure in the criminal records.

1923 ‘B. M. Bower’ Parowan Bonanza xi. 137 The little shoestring propositions that go broke and leave empty houses behind them.

1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 185 The cheap cheaters and tinhorn, shoestring gamblers never got a footing there.

1936 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Nov. 1/5 The governors of the Federal Reserve System today proposed steps to plug up loopholes through which ‘shoe~string’ and other operators have been able to trade extensively without even posting margins.

1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? vi. 123 A shoe~string producer..had bought the stock shots from Hell's Angels and Wings and needed an airplane story.

1958 Vogue Oct. 203 Shoe-string holidays. Winter after winter ski-crazy students flock to the snow for holidays which have been planned to the last farthing.

1959 ‘M. Neville’ Sweet Night for Murder i. 17 She talked, thought, dreamed clothes. On a shoe-string allowance, however, she could do little about them.

1977 S. Wales Guardian 27 Oct. 1/3 The Education Committee was being penny wise and pound foolish by giving some contracts to small private contractors running on a shoe-string budget and using non-union labour.

1978 J. Krantz Scruples iii. 78 The ad that launched Spider was for a new type of fingernail hardener, put out by a shoe-string company.

C3.

shoestring catch n. Baseball a running catch made close to the ground.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > fielding > actions

overthrow1856

catch1858

pickup1872

peg1906

shoestring catch1926

1926 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 25/2 Haley ran up on it and tried to make a shoestring catch of it.

1957 New Yorker 13 July 17/1 Like a shoestring catch in center field, make it and you're the hero. Muff it and you're a dope.

shoestring fungus n. = honey fungus n. at honey n. and adj. Compounds 1b(c).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > causing disease in plants > honey-fungus

honey mushroom1706

honey agaric1788

honey fungus1893

shoestring fungus1926

1926 F. D. Heald Man. Plant Dis. xxvi. 794 The causal fungus is generally referred to as the ‘honey agaric’..or the ‘shoestring fungus’.

1978 T. A. Tattar Dis. of Shade Trees xxiii. 315 The shoestring-fungus..and the two-lined chestnut borer..are the most common organisms of secondary action.

shoestring potato n. U.S. a julienne potato (see julienne n. 2) (chiefly plural).

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > prepared potatoes > julienne potato

shoestring potato1906

shoestring1931

1906 ‘H. McHugh’ Skiddoo! ii. 30 The next course was French fried potatoes with some shoe-string potatoes on the side.

1940 Amer. Mercury Sept. 72 Old Fred Harvey started turning a shoestring potato into a 2500-mile of railroad eating-places.

1976 U. Curtiss Birthday Gift xv. 141 As fruitless as looking for shoestring potatoes in strange supermarkets.

shoestring rot n. (also shoestring root rot) the disease caused by shoestring fungus.

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the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > various diseases

footrot1706

botrytis1751

leaf spot1846

winter rot1857

leaf blotch1860

downy mildew1886

sun scald1896

Septoria1897

spike-disease1906

fusarium rot1907

hadromycosis1916

verticillium wilt1916

wilt1916

die-off1918

rhynchosporium1918

shoestring rot1931

vascular wilt (disease)1946

1931 E. E. Hubert Outl. Forest Pathol. ix. 417 Shoestring rot is a disease well known to the forest pathologist.

1978 T. A. Tattar Dis. of Shade Trees x. 140 Shoestring root rot affects a wide range of shrubs and trees.

shoestring tie n. a very narrow necktie.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > neck-tie > types of > other

tawdry lace1548

tawdryne1586

tawdry1612

solitaire1731

sentiment1838

four-in-hand1892

Teck1895

Windsor1895

Windsor tie1895

shoestring tiea1902

Jemima1920

bolo tie1954

picture tie1957

bolo1962

kipper tie1966

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 337 His shoestring tie straggled over his frayed shirt front.

1961 Sunday Express 29 Jan. 15/6 A short, dark Frenchman in a shoe-string tie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shoestring
释义	shoestringn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshoe-string. 1. A string or tie used to fasten or lace a shoe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > parts of footwear > [noun] > protective studs or plates > fastenings > lace, thong, or strap latchetc1440 langueta1500 shoe-latchet1526 shoe-tie1600 shoestring1616 latch1653 tab1674 languid1688 shoe whang1691 shoe-latch1884 1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 157 A peare silk garters, with gould fring, and shewstring same. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. iii. 221 She is not worthy to tie her majesty's shoe-strings. 2. A kind of tobacco. U.S. ΚΠ 1784 J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S.A. II. 129 There are seven different kinds of tobacco..each varying from the other. They are named Hudson, Frederick, Thick-joint, Shoe-string, [etc.]. 3. A small or inadequate amount of money; a very little capital; a small margin. Chiefly in on a shoestring. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum parcelc1400 plack1530 dodkinc1555 triflec1595 denier1597 driblet1659 song1698 Flanders-fortune1699 pin money1702 doit1728 drab1828 picayune1838 sprat1883 shoestring1904 peanut1910 1882 Cent. Mag. Apr. 884/2 [He] could draw to a shoe-string, as the saying went, and obtain a tan-yard!] 1904 Cosmopolitan May 89/2 He..speculated ‘on a shoe~string’—an exceedingly slim margin. 1926 J. Black You can't Win viii. 90 The new owners had no bankroll, just opened up on a shoestring. 1932 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 310/1 Every business man who has made a big success of himself started on a shoestring. 1932 Nation (N.Y.) 9 Mar. 271 American universities have started department after department on financial shoe-strings. 1957 Listener 28 Nov. 893/3 Reformative efforts have to be..as they say, ‘run on a shoe-string’. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 441 Australians in England, youth-hosteling on a shoestring. 4. = shoestring potato n. at Compounds 3 below. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > prepared potatoes > julienne potato shoestring potato1906 shoestring1931 1931 ‘B. Starke’ Touch & Go x. 156 I..found that the word ‘shoe-strings’ on the menu really meant Julienne potatoes. I ate every last shoe-string. Compounds C1. attributive. Narrow (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [adjective] nareeOE narrowOE smallOE straitc1400 near1493 unthick1587 pinching1607 widthless1813 shoestring1878 1878 Congress. Rec. App. 13 June 478/2 I will promise to meet him on the northern border of ‘the shoe-string district’. 1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 309 Bad roads and shoestring paths..fringe them. 1953 Times 30 July 7 A shoe-string majority. C2. attributive. Operating on a shoestring, costing or spending little; cheap, informal; petty. ΚΠ 1890 J. P. Quinn Fools of Fortune 494 The gamblers, aside from a lot of ‘hangers on’, known as ‘shoestring’ or ‘tin horn’ gamblers, do not figure in the criminal records. 1923 ‘B. M. Bower’ Parowan Bonanza xi. 137 The little shoestring propositions that go broke and leave empty houses behind them. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 185 The cheap cheaters and tinhorn, shoestring gamblers never got a footing there. 1936 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Nov. 1/5 The governors of the Federal Reserve System today proposed steps to plug up loopholes through which ‘shoe~string’ and other operators have been able to trade extensively without even posting margins. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? vi. 123 A shoe~string producer..had bought the stock shots from Hell's Angels and Wings and needed an airplane story. 1958 Vogue Oct. 203 Shoe-string holidays. Winter after winter ski-crazy students flock to the snow for holidays which have been planned to the last farthing. 1959 ‘M. Neville’ Sweet Night for Murder i. 17 She talked, thought, dreamed clothes. On a shoe-string allowance, however, she could do little about them. 1977 S. Wales Guardian 27 Oct. 1/3 The Education Committee was being penny wise and pound foolish by giving some contracts to small private contractors running on a shoe-string budget and using non-union labour. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples iii. 78 The ad that launched Spider was for a new type of fingernail hardener, put out by a shoe-string company. C3. shoestring catch n. Baseball a running catch made close to the ground. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > fielding > actions overthrow1856 catch1858 pickup1872 peg1906 shoestring catch1926 1926 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 25/2 Haley ran up on it and tried to make a shoestring catch of it. 1957 New Yorker 13 July 17/1 Like a shoestring catch in center field, make it and you're the hero. Muff it and you're a dope. shoestring fungus n. = honey fungus n. at honey n. and adj. Compounds 1b(c). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > causing disease in plants > honey-fungus honey mushroom1706 honey agaric1788 honey fungus1893 shoestring fungus1926 1926 F. D. Heald Man. Plant Dis. xxvi. 794 The causal fungus is generally referred to as the ‘honey agaric’..or the ‘shoestring fungus’. 1978 T. A. Tattar Dis. of Shade Trees xxiii. 315 The shoestring-fungus..and the two-lined chestnut borer..are the most common organisms of secondary action. shoestring potato n. U.S. a julienne potato (see julienne n. 2) (chiefly plural). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > prepared potatoes > julienne potato shoestring potato1906 shoestring1931 1906 ‘H. McHugh’ Skiddoo! ii. 30 The next course was French fried potatoes with some shoe-string potatoes on the side. 1940 Amer. Mercury Sept. 72 Old Fred Harvey started turning a shoestring potato into a 2500-mile of railroad eating-places. 1976 U. Curtiss Birthday Gift xv. 141 As fruitless as looking for shoestring potatoes in strange supermarkets. shoestring rot n. (also shoestring root rot) the disease caused by shoestring fungus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > various diseases footrot1706 botrytis1751 leaf spot1846 winter rot1857 leaf blotch1860 downy mildew1886 sun scald1896 Septoria1897 spike-disease1906 fusarium rot1907 hadromycosis1916 verticillium wilt1916 wilt1916 die-off1918 rhynchosporium1918 shoestring rot1931 vascular wilt (disease)1946 1931 E. E. Hubert Outl. Forest Pathol. ix. 417 Shoestring rot is a disease well known to the forest pathologist. 1978 T. A. Tattar Dis. of Shade Trees x. 140 Shoestring root rot affects a wide range of shrubs and trees. shoestring tie n. a very narrow necktie. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > neck-tie > types of > other tawdry lace1548 tawdryne1586 tawdry1612 solitaire1731 sentiment1838 four-in-hand1892 Teck1895 Windsor1895 Windsor tie1895 shoestring tiea1902 Jemima1920 bolo tie1954 picture tie1957 bolo1962 kipper tie1966 a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 337 His shoestring tie straggled over his frayed shirt front. 1961 Sunday Express 29 Jan. 15/6 A short, dark Frenchman in a shoe-string tie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1616
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