bonnetstring

noun

bonnetstring

noun

Etymology From bonnet + string.

1

Plural normally 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.1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing:

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