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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Shoestring

· Shoe·string · IPA /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/
01 n. same as shoelace.
  1. 1.
    same as shoelace. See: shoelace
  2. 2.
    a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an enterprise on a shoestring.