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How to pronounce shoe string in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms shoe lace, shoelace, shoestring
Type of lacing, lace
Type Words
Synonyms shoestring
Type of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount

Examples of shoe string

shoe string
A shoe-string catch 6 yards deep in the end zone became a 44-yard return to the Ravens'38.
From the thenewstribune.com
The ball stayed up just long enough for the center fielder to make a shoe-string catch.
From the washingtonpost.com
That does not excuse OCR but that is what happens when a newspaper is run on a shoe-string.
From the ocregister.com
Today, Osama bin Laden's terrorist group is running on a shoe string.
From the forbes.com
There are 35 of them and only one of me with a shoe string budget.
From the ocregister.com
Voters recently approved infusing $20 million into facility that has run on shoe string budgets.
From the sltrib.com
So it's hard to have an effective militia on a shoe string budget.
From the economist.com
The hubs will be built but their upkeep and running will be tightly budgeted on a shoe string.
From the expressandstar.com
It is likely to be a rookie or candidate with potential who will have to work on a shoe string.
From the guardian.co.uk