Apron String Definition

noun

The string of an apron. Usually used in the plural with tied to indicate complete control or dominance.

A grown man still tied to his mother's apron strings.

American Heritage

A cloth tie, typically attached to an apron, for securing it about the waist.

Webster's New World

One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn cloth strips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.

Wiktionary

(idiomatic, usually pluralized) A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).

Wiktionary

Alternative form of apron string.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Apron String

Singular:

apron string

Plural:

apron-strings

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