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nounnavel-string (plural navel-strings)
plural navel-strings · alternative navel string
- now rare or puristicThe umbilical cord.
One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 82
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navel-string. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/navel-string
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