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tied to one's mother's apron strings

Variant of apron string

apron string definition

apron string

a string for tying an apron on
apron string Idioms

tied to one's mother's (or wife's, etc.) apron strings

dominated by one's mother (or wife, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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