shoestring

Nix stepped out of a shoestring tackle late in the fourth quarter while scrambling for 21 yards to set up the Broncos’ last field-goal attempt.

He said Northern Ireland was operating on a "shoestring budget" compared to the annual arts budget in the Republic of Ireland.

Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that the “shoestring” operation had been privately funded but overseen from Ukraine.

She said she is grateful for the work of all the reporters laboring on a shoestring to bring news to her city.

Compounding the issue, the dreary shoestring sets fail to conjure the literary ambience that Isaac is fighting a rearguard action to preserve.