| 单词 | apron string |
| 例句 | A boy who remained at home tied to his mother’s apron strings was regarded as a sissy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandmother hummed on and the apron strings trembled. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This time as she came away, she absently untied and re-tied her apron strings, taking up what little slack her enormous waistline allowed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z A large woman, barely done tying her apron strings, goes running to the cabin John and Ann Laydon share with two other families. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z If you’re trying to cut the apron strings, why work with your mother? Her mom directed some of the best rom-coms of all time. Now she’s made one of her own. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Others are finding themselves tied up in apron strings all over again. Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? 2013-04-28T01:00:00Z And while many still refer to it fondly as the Liverpool Daily Post, the newspaper has long cut the apron strings that tethered it to the Merseyside parent. Newspaper marks 50,000th edition 2013-09-23T06:32:35Z I do not come from women whose apron strings were tied to the kitchen. Maggie Gyllenhaal Has Dangerous Ideas About Directing 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z A wimp, of course, a child tied too tightly to his mother’s apron strings, overly sensitive, incapable of detaching, ready to “run to mama” at the slightest hint of adversity. Motherlode Blog: Stop Worrying About Raising a Mama's Boy 2012-03-29T16:47:58Z Would it be rude to help him cut these apron strings? My Grown-Up, Live-In Boyfriend Is Really Close With His Mother. Ugh. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But Jack still lives at home, firmly tied to his mother's apron strings. Harold Brighouse's The Game: Pampered stars, bankrupt clubs ? a tale of football in the 1920s 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z And you learned at your own mother’s apron strings, never wanting to cook anything other than the foods of your own tradition. Is It Southern Food, or Soul Food? 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z This cutting of the apron strings sometimes comes early: Certain seal moms spend as little as three days nursing their pups before ducking beneath the chilly ocean waves, never to return. Opinion | Whale Mothers Need Their Moms. So Do I. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z It might be time to pull some of them off the apron strings. Plaschke: Dodgers need to focus on truths rather than beliefs this offseason 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z For many of us, moving away from the family home is a rite of passage, with the idea of cutting the apron strings an appealing one. Living next door to mum and dad 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Parents should talk with their child in advance about when the financial apron strings will be cut, said Paul Siegfried, senior vice president and credit card business leader at the credit bureau TransUnion. Give Your Teenager a Credit Card? Some Financial Experts Say Yes 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z He tells me the scarification symbolises the purging of their mothers' blood and the gaining of their own adult blood - in a somewhat excruciating metaphorical severing of the apron strings. The place where men cut their skin to resemble crocodiles 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z I thought Trump made his point last week that the US is a lone wolf and doesn’t need some two-countries pulling on its apron strings. World Cup 2026: United States, Canada and Mexico Win Bid to Be Host 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It was this parent-child relationship, and I think people were just terrified of the apron strings being cut off. New Zealand happy to forget the UK's 'betrayal' 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z "That was puberty age and they were becoming a bit more strong-willed and not tied to the apron strings," he told police. A cruel paedophile who showed no remorse 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z She tightened her apron strings and walked over to her stove. Eugenia Cheng Makes Math a Piece of Cake 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z They have a hard time cutting the apron strings.” What happened to the Chinese meat dog and the orphaned buffalo? 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z But one thing appears certain: any severing of the apron strings won’t come until the Queen’s reign is over. The Queen marks a milestone, but Australian republicans are regrouping 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Rix, who spent his childhood tugging at his Grandmother Jean’s apron strings. Real Life Willy Wonka Wins With Wild Flavors 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z No. In fact, I wish there were apron strings hanging down each cheek in that first photo—it’d be all the more winking an image. Butt Out! In Defense of Hot Moms 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z He frowned at her puffy face, made puffier by tears, and at her apron strings, cutting into a wad of encircling fat. Zadie Smith: “Moonlit Landscape with Bridge.” 2014-02-03T05:00:00Z In the process, it may be cutting the apron strings to the traditional PC, the device that Microsoft founder Bill Gates once said he wanted to put on every desktop. Microsoft Betting BIG on Cloud with Windows 8 and Tablets 2012-10-11T11:12:45Z The point about charter flights is that they are not tied to London's apron strings in the way that scheduled operations are. From the archive, 4 October 1971: Wrangle over Thames Estuary airport for London 2012-10-04T06:30:00Z At age 27, Hamilton is severing the apron strings with McLaren, the team that raised him. Column: Ambitious Hamilton gambling with Mercedes 2012-09-28T18:27:15Z A girl of eight, and tied to the worthy Ann's apron strings! The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z To be tied to a wife's or mother's apron strings, to be unduly controlled by a wife or mother. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Why didn't you stay back East, tied to your mother's apron string? Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z I knew her as a child, and said She ought to have inhabited A brighter planet: Some seem more meet for angel wings Than Mother Nature's apron strings,— And so did Janet. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z I was a mature man at an age when most boys are still tied to their mothers' apron strings. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z At last they asked him whether he were afraid, because fall was at hand, and said he would rather hide behind the stove, hanging to mother’s apron strings. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z So how did Daniel remain tied to his mother's apron strings? Adult children need boundaries from parents 2011-08-09T15:49:04Z Once Strasburg gets out of the small parks and back to the majors, the Nats need to cut the apron strings and let Strasburg deal more often with the real world. Stephen Strasburg and Washington Nationals need to get used to spotlight 2011-08-08T15:20:47Z I'm glad I told my mind to Jane Agree, About that scandal that she said of me: That I was jealous, to my apron string Tied you—distrustful of my marriage ring. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z “I could hardly expect to keep you tied to my apron string.” Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z But when he went to kiss her, his mouth would not reach higher than her apron string. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Must we always have her tied to our apron strings?” Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Women always measure by their belts or apron strings and I can't do anything from that sort of measurement. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z But there was no other way of making sure that the point of her white muslin kerchief was precisely on a line with the bow of her black silk apron strings. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Don't you know that he is tied to her apron string almost every night, the silly fellow! The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z "Oh, no, no," cried Joel, in a lively terror, and running after her, he laid hold of her apron string; "I don't want to know, Hannah; I don't, really." Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z Yes, Regine, it will not do any longer to lead the children by the apron strings when they become of age. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z “He tries to keep me tied to his apron strings.” Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z He was too tightly tied to her apron strings. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I think the Premiership peaked around 2007-08 and since then it's drawn in the apron strings and that's been reflected in the rugby. Bath's Ian McGeechan heading for his half century and keen for more 2010-08-30T23:19:00Z And my smirched muse answered, wholly in secret: What are apron strings for? John Ashbery: “Puff Piece” 2010-07-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Posey, as the classic ’50s mom, sings of juggling “dishes and diapers, cookies and kids,” and of finding her “apron strings feeling like chains.” | Long Island: ?Happy Days? Arrives on Stage in Bellport 2010-05-28T23:03:00Z “There’s another reason,” said Mrs. Morris, twisting her apron strings around. Zula "His brothers rode long before they were his age," the squire had said; "it won't do to tie him to his mother's apron strings, because he happens to be the youngest." Under the Mendips A Tale But reflecting that she need never know, that, anyway, it was none of her business and, besides, what the deuce! he was not tied to her apron strings, was he? he concluded to go. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident Tie him to your apron strings and lead him to bang-up hotels? The Blind Lion of the Congo Interesting, but what had bothered me was whether we Demons were going to evaporate too, because we are as much Doublegangers as the Ghosts and our apron strings had been cut just as surely. The Big Time “Oh, thunder,” said Mapleton, “you do not keep yourself tied to your wife’s apron string, do you?” Zula IT always surprises a woman when the son who has been tied to her apron strings suddenly gets tangled up in some chorus girl's shoe strings. Reflections of a Bachelor Girl But, little girl, we've knowed each other since the days I used to tie your apron strings when your short little fat arms couldn't reach to tie 'em, and I know you now. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas For there it was, a soft disorder easily indicating burned cloth, and one shred of blue, a piece perhaps an inch and a half square, hemmed on three sides: the end of an apron string. Old Crow What's more important, though, is that the Sword is the first Belt undertaking not tied to Mother Earth's apron strings. Industrial Revolution The committee was a calculating and deliberating bunch of old maids, and the organization was a girls' school led by their apron strings. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Jonas had seized on the opportunity to let his visitor see that he was not tied to his wife's apron string, but was absolute master in his own house. The Broom-Squire The United States said no thanks, it didn't want to be tied, industrially, to Great Britain's apron strings. Ultima Thule Robert was a fool," commented the General, brusquely, "a long white-livered, studious fellow that dragged around at his wife's apron strings. The Romance of a Plain Man The trouble was that Rose had more than an inkling of this, and it galled her to think that her gallant brass-buttoned cop should permit himself to be still harnessed to his mother’s apron strings. Officer 666 Oh, Duty! lower thy strongest apron strings and let me cling and tell and weep. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Clo played with her apron string again, and looked modestly down. A Noble Woman And me with these tackers tied to my apron strings, the way they be!” Jessica, the Heiress This was done to alienate the negro vote from the suffrage amendment and the negroes were told that it was a shame they should be "tied to the women's apron strings." The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI Lord Bute advised the princess dowager to keep the prince tied to her apron strings, and succeeded.” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Will Duty’s apron string hold up under the strain, or will it break with me? Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife "Why, what have I done now?" demanded Clo, beginning to play with her apron string. A Noble Woman Just 72 let her manage Luke and he won’t wander from her apron strings like he will if you and I keep him in tow.” The Gorgeous Girl "Say," he said, "aren't you just a little tied to your mother's apron strings?" Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor The Princess looked amused and turned to a maid who appeared at that moment, with apron strings rivaling Caroline's. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. I sithed, “why is it that the apron strings of Duty are so often made of black crape, but yet I must cling to ’em?” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife “For I don’t believe pirates wear brown gingham aprons, do you, Rose?” said Anne, watching Mr. Mains awkwardly tying his apron strings. A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony The other men in the party were tied to their wives' apron strings. Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! She sticks to her mother's apron strings like a four-year-old child. A Black Adonis But Miss Honey's hand was clutching her apron string, and Miss Honey's weight as she fell, tangled in the skates, dragged her down. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. “I hope I would,” sez I, calmly, “upheld by Duty’s apron strings.” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Divinity is not to sap human volition, but to enforce it; she would unmake Telemachus, if she allowed him to stay at home and do nothing, tied to his mother's apron strings. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary "I wouldn't be tied to a woman's apron strings." Luke Walton “It’s a shame the way she keeps you tied to 224 her apron string,” he blurted out, uncertain whether Patty was coquetting, or really distressed. Patty's Success I’ve been tied to your apron strings long enough, and now I’m the boss—see? The Job An American Novel Great changes can take place in a man's habits once you hitch him up with apron strings. Stubble She hung it over her horse so that cuffs and apron strings were always on the floor. Working With the Working Woman All a coward can do to keep you safe I have done, but I’m no such coward as to follow you around now and dangle at your apron strings. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive With fumbling fingers and mounting color, he slipped the apron strings over his tangled hair. The Rich Little Poor Boy And I wager he’s got on all the better for not being tied up to your apron strings. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story "We look like a crowd of orphans out for a walk," said Ivy, as holding on to each other's apron strings, they filed into the kitchen. Peggy-Alone Her fingers were picking nervously at her apron strings. Chicken Little Jane "You are—and you are tied to your mother's apron strings." Mistress Anne Crossing the park, Gusterson stopped a hump-backed soldier and informed him, “Ticklers gotta cut the apron string and snap the silver cord and go out in the universe and find their own purposes.” The Creature from Cleveland Depths I think just for fun sometimes, when I wuz ridin' behind her, she would tell me to put my arms around her and hold to her apron strings. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 "That's very kind of him, Auntie; but I hope you don't expect us to cling to his apron strings all the time." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 Let me tell you I'm not tied to my mother's apron string. Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway Eric untied Beulah's apron string, and carrying the apples in this improvised bag, with his arm about her waist sustaining her, they came down the walk. Mistress Anne "By Whiskers!" he muttered, his mind's eye still seeing Cook's vulgar, flapping apron strings; "I should think not!" The Book of the Cat You are not going to keep a lad of his age tied to your apron strings. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) See Samuel Drew, tightening his apron strings "in lieu of a dinner." Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power He even asked himself why he should be tied to his mother's apron string, as Thomas expressed the subjection of the child to the parent. Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway "Eve Chesley says that he is tied to his mother's apron strings." Mistress Anne The young soldier who is privileged to wind the apron strings round his neck—who lolls away his leisure here with his feet higher than his head, and a cigar between his teeth. The Squire An Original Comedy in Three Acts See Samuel Drew, tightening his apron string "in lieu of a dinner." Pushing to the Front And you with that man—he's old enough to be your father—a toddling dote, hanging on your apron strings. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life The cook ran up to the duke's study post-haste, in his professional costume, and said, with his hand on his apron string: 'Your Excellency may choose between Monsieur and me.' The Nabob, Volume 1 Didn't Uncle Jolly make them eat till he had tightened their apron strings? Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends Then take a word of advice—cut yourself adrift from Squire Kate's apron strings. The Squire An Original Comedy in Three Acts It is the ruin of boys to be tied to their mother's apron strings after they are twelve years old. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author But their bravado forces on me unpleasantly how closely I am tied because of dizziness to Mother Earth’s apron strings. Journeys to Bagdad True, the daughter was tied to the apron strings of her mother. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life The fire has caught her apron string: Her apron burns, her arms, her hair; She burns all over, everywhere. Slovenly Betsy I should like to see myself tied to mother's apron strings. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning The Princess looked amused and turned to a maid who appeared at that moment with apron strings rivalling Caroline's. While Caroline Was Growing Through a path that wound amongst a medley of agricultural instruments, ploughs harrows and grubbers, the farmer's daughter came striding like a ploughman, two children hanging on to her apron strings. The Red Horizon A man should be always tied to his mother's apron strings; he should always have a hold on his childhood, and be ready at intervals to start anew from a childish standpoint. George Bernard Shaw Boys, however, owe chiefly to each other their escape from the apron string and the softness of nursery manners. Confessions of Boyhood Naturally a girl like Di was enchanted to lead him about, tied to what would have been her apron strings if she'd been frumpish enough to wear such things. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley If your apron string becomes loosened, your true love is thinking of you. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk You might be tied to my apron strings but your thoughts would go wandering off to caress those beauties you worship. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) Fellers that are tied to their mother's apron strings ain't apt to know a heap about how to take care of themselves in a stand-up fight. The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight The Senior Warden ties on his apron, and turns up one corner of the lower end of the apron, and tucks it under the apron string. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge But he is a man, and I cannot tie him to my apron strings as I do my bunch of keys. Infelice Then she kept him as close to her apron strings as she did her Blenheim spaniel; she required him to obey her call as promptly as her coachman. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Margery, for the first month or so, was silent and kept as close as possible to Lydia's apron strings. Lydia of the Pines Or was it when some fellows accused you of being tied to your mother's apron strings, and you flashed back at them: "Yes, and she is the finest mother a boy ever had!" "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues "He doesn't need your apron string any longer." Jewel's Story Book I heard Harry say, the other day, that he didn't went to be tied to his mother's apron string, and that he'd like to be his own man.' Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks But Matilda shook her head and fidgeted with her apron string. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird At that, he came right up to her, and found out the buttons on her dress, and tried to pull them off, and then untied her apron strings. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated I f-felt as if I was tied to your apron strings. Captivity Poppy, who had very black eyes, cheeks with a brilliant color, and hair like a raven's wing, was standing in the drawing-room twisting her apron strings and chatting volubly to Daisy. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls Don't you jerk, and pull and tug at your mother's apron string and try to break it, so you can be 'your own man' while you are nothing but a boy or a girl? Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks I told Allen to skip right out for Europe and hang on to his mother's apron strings till I send for him. A Hoosier Chronicle If now thou wilt go hang thyself, Then take thy apron strings; It doth me good when such foul birds Upon the gallows sings. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Oh, wasn't I a fool to think you wanted to tie me to your apron strings? Captivity As Abner bent with a grunt to his task, his wife came hurrying toward him, her apron strings flying like distress signals. Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts Probably his left arm follows the line of her apron string.” The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate They are tied to the apron strings of the government at Washington. The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People One hand writhed between her shoulders for the apron string, the other held a note. If Winter Comes Do you think I want to make you a flabby thing hanging on to my apron strings all the time? Captivity They're human, an' I tell you when you hear a man brag that he never was lost, I know he never was far from his mother's apron string. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned She has fastened upon the lad, sticking to him, and keeps him tied to her apron strings. The Bishop and Other Stories But I confess it will be poor fun living at Gablehurst as a little boy tied to his mother's apron strings. Tom Tufton's Travels "Oh, please, dear Joan!" she cried, holding her back by the apron strings. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir “You, Mas’ Robert, you done come home from the heathen land to keep my food waiting jest like yo’ father did from the minute I ontied him from my apron string. The Daredevil But she is modest, also chaste, While only bare from neck to waist, And he of boasted freedom sings, Of all above her apron strings. Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America Didn't you pet and baby 'Johnny' when a boy, keeping him always at your apron strings, and now that he's a man, he's not to be turned adrift. 'Lena Rivers You 'ain't got him to your apron string in short pants any more. The Vertical City "Oh, Allyn, say a prayer for the success of the salad!" the maid said wearily, as she settled her cap and pulled out the great bows of her apron strings. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book It fluttered Mary Fisher's long white muslin apron strings and lifted her cap, so that she raised her hand to keep it in place upon her smooth black hair. Deadham Hard "How can I cut him out?—there's no room, he is tied to her apron strings." A Perilous Secret And she described her as holding her son by her apron string, as she termed it. Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition But Jimmy Sears's apron strings were tied about his neck; so his despair was black and abysmal. The Court of Boyville He was very small for his age and hopelessly tied to the apron strings of his mother in spite of all his father's efforts to pry him loose. The Soul of a Child As she did so the cord tied to her apron strings became tightened, and as Dent was partly standing on the step-ladder, Susan's progress was suddenly stopped. Bob the Castaway There is also a greater freedom of expression in a free sheeter since the publication is not tied to the apron strings of a business house or interest group with vested interests. Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press If an owl screeches, turn the pocket of your apron inside out, tie a knot in your apron string, and he will stop. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Mother sha'n't do as she pleases with me, as if I were a boy, and must always be tied to her apron string. Minnie's Sacrifice It is to the Queen's apron strings like an idiot's scalp to the belt of an Apache squaw. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Tying it securely, he fastened the other end to Susan's apron strings in such a manner that it would not pull off. Bob the Castaway "A great big feller like you ain't tied to your ma's apron strings are you?" Buttered Side Down: Stories But I know that I can't keep twenty-four Indians tied to my apron strings, and I never could find in the whole wide world three nicer men to take an interest in them. Dear Enemy With one apron string she tied shut the band and placket. A Girl of the Limberlost To her proverbial apron strings he kept firm hold, literally not permitting her out of his sight. Star-Dust Well, you being engaged to another girl, don't you surmise it might kind of come home to her there were healthier spots for you than the end of her apron strings? The Incomplete Amorist They called him 'Mother's honest little darling'; and when they saw him coming they yelled, 'Go home and hang on to your mother's apron string.' A Hive of Busy Bees Besides, Amelie," the colonel put in, "we must not cage the lad here at your apron strings. Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden And besides I think the Gilmans would scarce trust him with us, I have a malicious knack at cutting of apron strings. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 She was pleasantly shapeless again in cotton stuff, her bosom bulging down and over the jerked-in apron strings. Star-Dust "Yes--yes--yes!" cried Johnnie, reaching up swift, nervous fingers to unfasten the cap from her hair, thrusting it in the pocket of the apron, and untying the apron strings. The Power and the Glory Poor youths who are, as it were, tied to their mother's apron strings, are much to be pitied; they are usually puny and delicate, and effeminate, and utterly deficient of self-reliance. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Joel flew after her and twitched her apron string. Five Little Peppers and their Friends You better tie him to your apron strings--that pretty Souders girl from Lancaster is playing her cards there--” Amanda sprang to her feet. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites Oh, a fellow can't always be tied to his mother's apron strings. Roast Beef, Medium The woman began to tug at her apron strings. Oh, Money! Money! I can't see any particular reason why a woman should be tied all her life to her husband's apron strings—or whatever he wears—and waste the talents she has. A Modern Chronicle — Complete I can't see any particular reason why a woman should be tied all her life to her husband's apron strings—or whatever he wears —and waste the talents she has. A Modern Chronicle — Volume 03 Live for the next twenty years under her apron strings, that I may have the chance at the end of it of cutting some poor devil out of his money! He Knew He Was Right He was in the throes of making a tremendous resolution, he who, for forty years, had been tied to his mother's apron string. Love, the Fiddler "If she wanted to see him so dreadful bad, why didn't she keep him at home with her tied all the while to her apron string?" said the unfeeling woman. Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress He was not a young doting fool who could not detach himself even for a moment from his wife's apron strings. In the Wilderness I wish England had left Belgium to her fate—I wish Canada had never sent a man—I wish we'd tied our boys to our apron strings and not let one of them go. Rilla of Ingleside His conduct in the Bacon business shows that he will develop rapidly into a manly man as soon as he is cast loose from your apron strings. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) His presence at the Gala had been a surprise to everyone, for all thought him still away, fishing in Scotland or shooting in Yorkshire, anywhere save close to the apron strings of his doting wife. The Elusive Pimpernel By four o'clock the camp was in order, and the weary workers settled down on Lookout Rock to watch for Mrs. Jessie and Jamie, who was never far from mamma's apron string. Eight Cousins For not dilly-dallying and not hanging to a woman's apron strings. War and Peace Hilmar: You, you duffer, who are tied to your mother's apron strings--! Pillars of Society I have seen a man from the corner of a crowded square in Strassburg cover every inch of ground, and not so much as wet an apron string. Three Men on the Bummel As long as the other congregations were tied to the apron strings of Fulneck they could never attain to independent growth. A History of the Moravian Church Sis was an angel; a comforting, twentieth-century angel, with white apron strings for wings, and a tempting tray in her hands in place of the hymn books and palm leaves that the picture-book angels carry. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed What annoyed the young woman was to have him continually tied to her apron strings. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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