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shoestring

[shoo-string] / ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ /










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Over the past five years, Tartt, Bandy and a shoestring staff have trained some 60 people on farming the mountain valleys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

That’s where you get the skinny jeans and the shoestring for a belt, the grunge-style backpack, wearing beanies.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

"It was all done on a shoestring budget," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Don’t be shy about shape or size — shoestring, steak-cut, crinkle, waffle, sweet potato — I’ll even give a pass to tater tots for the sake of this exercise.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

Started on a shoestring in 1898 by a former slave, the life insurance company grew vigorously, spinning off a black-owned bank and a fire insurance company.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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