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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Apron-string Tenure

(An). tenure held in virtue of one's wife.

Tied to his mother's apron-string
, completely under his mother's thumb. Applied to a big boy or young man who is still under mother rule.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
A propos de bottes
Apron
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