bonnetstring

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bonnet +‎ string

Noun[edit]

bonnetstring (plural bonnetstrings)

  1. (usually in the plural) A string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.
    • 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing:
      He was actually afraid of her; her glove, her shoe, her needle, thread, and thimble, her bonnetstring, everything, in short, she wore or touched became invested with a mysterious charm.
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