Meaning of apron string | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.
2. A symbol of the domestic ties binding a male to a female (as a husband to a wife or a son to a mother).
   idiomatic, plural-normally

Examples

“[T]he opinion of the country was that my lord was tied to his wife's apron-strings, and that she ruled over him.”

“"Pooh!" said Jerry, throwing out his chest, "I guess I can take care of myself without being tied to my mother's apron strings!"”

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