bonnetstring

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounbonnetstring (plural bonnetstrings)

plural bonnetstrings

  1. plural normallyA 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.

    1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing

Origin

From bonnet + string.

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APA

bonnetstring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonnetstring

MLA

“bonnetstring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonnetstring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bonnetstring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonnetstring.

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