Dictionaries:
apron strings:
From the expression ' tied to a woman's (her) apron strings ', meaning:1. Dependent and subservient to a woman ; said of children with regards to their mothers and husbands with their wives.
Quote: Clint Belmet (Gary Cooper) about Felice (Lily Damita) in Fighting Caravans (1931): ' Trying to get me into her corral , tied to her apron strings '.
2. Mothered and smothered.
See Also: anal beads, anal violin, apron knight, apron strings, bikini bar, bobstay, constrictions, gee-string, power beads, Queen of Hearts, string bondage, Tarzan chord
Link to this page: