Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leading-string by which a child is supported or guided from behind.
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Examples
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He had given them each a new silver shilling, and Amoret had in return presented him with her doll's beautiful pink back-string that Cousin Aura had made for her.
Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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