Trevor Eve
Eddie Shoestring
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- DictionaryShoe·string/ˈSHo͞oˌstriNG/
noun
- 1. a small or inadequate budget: informal "a shoestring budget"
- 2. a shoelace. North American
adjective
- 1. (of a save or tackle in sports) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground: North American "the Mets center fielder made a shoestring catch"
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Episode Guide
- 1. Private Ear Sep 30, 1979
- Call-girl Sarah Marshall kills herself on a beach, after stealing the car belonging to a man she had tried to contact, David Carn, popular DJ with Bristol radio station Radio West. Station boss Don Satchley asks private detective Eddie Shoestring to investigate any incriminating links between Carn and Sarah. Eddie is approached by a man named Willis, who tries to buy ... Read all
- 2. Knock for Knock Oct 7, 1979
- Eddie is now Radio West's 'Private Ear', accepting sleuthing work for listeners. His first client is Claire Stevens, whose husband was killed in a hit and run by drivers of a white van. A tip-off leads Eddie to a duo of young fraudsters who go 'on the knock', buying antique furniture from gullible elderly people at less than the real value. After an encounter with a g... Read all
- 3. Higher Ground Oct 14, 1979
- The wife of an ex-army officer calls Eddie for help at a local prep school where her husband is headmaster.
1. : narrow and long like a shoestring. shoestring french fries. 2. : operating on, accomplished by, or consisting of a small amount of money or capital. a shoestring budget. Did you know? In earlier times, wandering peddlers offered townspeople a variety of items and trinkets, such as fabrics, embroidery materials, and even patent medicines.
Examples of shoestring. We do not want politics run on a shoestring, leading to poor decisions, poor government and the discouragement of good people from coming into politics. Almost all the pilgrimages are financed on a shoestring; the overwhelming majority of the pilgrims come from the poorer sections of society.
noun. a shoelace. a very small amount of money. shoestrings. shoestring potatoes. adjective. consisting of or characterized by a small amount of money: living on a shoestring budget. shoestring. / ˈʃuːˌstrɪŋ / noun. another word for shoelace. informal. a very small or petty amount of money (esp in the phrase on a shoestring ) ( as modifier )
Meaning of shoestring in English. shoestring. noun [ C usually plural ] us / ˈʃuː.strɪŋ / uk / ˈʃuː.strɪŋ / Add to word list. US. a shoelace. Lelia Valduga/Moment/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Shoes. ankle boot. ballet flat. ballet shoe. Birkenstock. bootie. gym shoe. high heels. high-heeled. high-top. hiking boot.
A small sum of money; capital that is barely adequate: a company that started on a shoestring. adj. 1. Long and slender: shoestring potatoes. 2. Marked by or consisting of a small amount of money: a shoestring budget. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Shoestring definition: A small sum of money; capital that is barely adequate.
What does the noun shoestring mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun shoestring . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
ON A SHOESTRING definition: 1. If you do something on a shoestring, you do it with a very small amount of money: 2. If you do…. Learn more.
1. shoelace. 2. US. a small or barely adequate amount of capital. a business started on a shoestring. adjective. 3. like a shoestring; long and narrow. 4. US. of, operating on, or characterized by a small amount of money. a shoestring budget. 5. US. at, near, or around the ankles. a shoestring catch, a shoestring tackle.
shoestring. noun. /ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/. /ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/. (North American English) (also shoelace, lace (both British and North American English)) Idioms. a long thin piece of material like string that goes through the holes on a shoe and is used to fasten it. Join us.
