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bonnetstring

noun

Etymology

From bonnet + string.

  1. derived from *strengʰ-✻ — “rope, cord, strand; to tighten”
  2. inherited from *strangiz✻ — “string”
  3. inherited from *strangi✻
  4. inherited from strenġ
  5. inherited from string
  6. compounded as bonnetstring — “bonnet + string”

Definitions

  1. A string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.

    • 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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