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G string
1. Mus. [G 2, string n. 3.] (See quot. 1876.)
1831T. L. Peacock in Examiner 12 June 374/1 The real magic is..the surpassing beauty of the effect. It is the same with his [sc. Paganini's] performance on the single string (the fourth, or G string), as with his performance on four. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms, G string, the name of the first string on the double bass, the third on the violoncello, viola, and guitar, and the fourth on the violin. 1884W. Hoe Dict. Fiddle s.v. Strings, To preserve strings in good condition they should be kept in a tin box... This prevents the G string from shrinking in the heat of the summer. 1961A. C. Baines Mus. Instruments vi. 110 Originally all four strings were of gut, but early in the eighteenth century some players began to use a G string wound with silver or copper wire to improve its speaking properties. 1964Conc. Oxf. Dict. Mus. 242/2 G string (violin), the lowest string, with a rich tone.
2. (Usu. hyphenated.) Also gee-string.
a. A loin-cloth or breech-cloth, or the string supporting this, worn by American Indians, etc.
1878J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xvi. 249 Around each boy's waist is the tight ‘geestring’, from which a single strip of cloth runs between the limbs from front to back. 1885Rep. Indian Affairs 179 The more industrious, intelligent, and independent [Indians]..dress partially in civilized clothing and invariably stick to the blanket, leggins, and gee-string. 1891Harper's Mag. Dec. 36/2 Some of the boys wore only ‘G-strings’ (as, for some reason, the breech-clout is commonly called on the prairie). 1907S. E. White Arizona Nights i. ix. 163 These Yuma Indians..were a peaceful, fine-looking lot, without a thing on but a gee-string. 1913C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy iv. 67 ‘It's a G-string an' a medicine-bag..’ cried Dad from the harness-shop.
b. A similar piece of material worn by showgirls, strip-tease artists, etc.
1936J. Dos Passos Big Money 488 One of the girls..wiggled her geestring at him. 1939A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. xii. 168 It had happened, but quite unwillingly..at Congo Club with nothing on but a G-string and some talcum powder. 1951I. Shaw Troubled Air xxii. 377 What I know about politics you could put in a chorus girl's g-string and it wouldn't raise a lump. 1960V. H. Gielgud To Bed at Noon i. ix. 61 Her costume consisted of two tinsel stars and a G-string. |