shoestring

English

Etymology

shoe +‎ string

Noun

shoestring (plural shoestrings)

1. (US) The string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace.

   Your shoestring is untied.

2. A tight budget; very little money.

   He did all that on a shoestring budget.

3. A long narrow cut of a food; a julienne.

   shoestring French fries

Translations

the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace — see shoelace

a tight budget

• Czech: napjatý rozpočet m
• Finnish: taskuraha (fi)
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• Russian: небольша́я су́мма де́нег (nebolʹšája súmma déneg), небольши́е сбереже́ния (nebolʹšíje sberežénija)

a long narrow cut of a food; a julienne

• Finnish: julienne
• French: julienne (fr) f
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• Russian: соло́мка (ru) (solómka)

See also

• shoelace
• on a shoestring