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back-string
back-string n.
Brit. 
/ˈbakstrɪŋ/
, /ˈbakstrɪŋ/U.S. /ˈbækˌstrɪŋ/
a string at the back, e.g. at the back of a child's pinafore./ˈbækˌstrɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
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1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 227 Misses, at whose age their mothers wore The backstring, and the bib.
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