apron strings

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plural noun

the strings on an apron, used for securing it around one's person.

Idioms for apron strings

tie to someone's apron strings, to make or be dependent on or dominated by someone: He has never married because he's tied to his mother's apron strings.

Origin of apron strings

First recorded in 1535–45

Words nearby apron strings

apriorism, aproctia, apron, apron piece, apron stage, apron strings, apropos, apropos of, aprosopia, aprotic, aprowl

Example sentences from the Web for apron strings

I felt him give a little pull at my apron-strings to make me look round.

Miss Million's Maid |Bertha Ruck
He was not the sort of man whom the most romantic love could attach to the apron-strings of any woman.

William Lloyd Garrison |Archibald H. Grimke
Mothers are all like that when you cut loose from their apron-strings.

The Trail of '98 |Robert W. Service
"I will never be tied to a woman's apron-strings," he had said.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

She has kept Buno tied to her apron-strings too long, and I suspect she is playing into the hands of the Britishers.

Adventures in Swaziland |Owen Rowe O'Neil

Idioms and Phrases with apron strings

apron strings

see tied to someone's apron strings.

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apron strings

plural noun

Idioms for apron strings

Origin of apron strings

Words nearby apron strings

Example sentences from the Web for apron strings

Idioms and Phrases with apron strings

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

apron strings

plural noun

Idioms for apron strings

Origin of apron strings

Words nearby apron strings

Words related to apron strings

Example sentences from the Web for apron strings

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