bonnetstring
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bonnetstring (plural bonnetstrings)
- (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.