mislace

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English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ lace.

Verb

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mislace (third-person singular simple present mislaces, present participle mislacing, simple past and past participle mislaced)

  1. To lace improperly.
    • 1901, Honoré de Balzac, George Saintsbury, Comédie Humaine, page 373:
      I opened a book which seemed to be mislaced, and found a thousand-franc note in it.
    • 1978, Samuel Astrachan, Katz-Cohen: A Novel, page 284:
      He dressed quickly, missing buttons, mislacing his high shoes, and he went out into the neon night.
    • 1983, Susan Arnout Smith, The Frozen Lady, page 306:
      The first week, an ashcarver from Ashtabula had hanged himself in quarters after the sergeant major had made him stand at attention for three days and nights for mislacing a legging.
    • 1994, Stephen King, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, page 272:
      For a day or two Tell even speculated on the possibility that Roger Daltrey himself might have taken a turn wearing the mislaced white sneakers.

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