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Definition of drawstring
: a string, cord, or tape inserted into hems or casings or laced through eyelets for use in closing a bag or controlling fullness in garments or curtains
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The price includes the tour guide and all the bicycling and paddling equipment, shuttled and portaged as needed, as well as a drawstring backpack with a granola bar, sunglasses and more.
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While traditional pajama pants feature a drawstring, these more closely resembled trousers due to their tab closure and sat higher on the waist, elevating the look of loungewear all the more.
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Suits featured boxy jackets and athletic drawstring pants, which could be worn with a plasticized denim overcoat.
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What’s obscured—a guilty-pleasure drawstring waist—is the secret to the shorts’ success.
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For more minimal storage needs, Matador makes the Droplet Wet Bag, a 3-liter water-resistant bag (with a less water-tight drawstring closure) that is housed inside a diminutive silicone housing, also with an integrated carabiner.
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The first 700 kids to arrive can pick up a free drawstring backpack courtesy of Main Street Medina.
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For more minimal storage needs, Matador makes the Droplet Wet Bag, a 3-liter water-resistant bag (with a less water-tight drawstring closure), that is stored inside a diminutive silicone housing, also with an integrated carabiner.
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The French nobles are effete and opportunistic, and serve an unworthy monarch: at Timbers’s request, the Dauphin’s cape has been altered to include a hoodie with dangling white drawstrings.
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First Known Use of drawstring
1845
DRAWSTRING Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of drawstring for English Language Learners
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: a string that can be pulled to close or tighten something (such as a bag or a piece of clothing)
DRAWSTRING Defined for Kids
drawstring
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draw·string
\ˈdrȯ-ˌstriŋ\
Definition of drawstring for Students
: a string at the top of a bag or on clothing that can be pulled to close or tighten
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