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gee-string

[jee-string] Origin

gee-string

[jee-string]
noun
Also, gee string.

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Gee-string is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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G-string

[jee-string]
noun
1.
a loincloth or breechcloth, usually secured by a cord at the waist.
2.
such a garment made of a narrow strip of decorative fabric and worn by striptease entertainers.
Also, gee-string, gee string.


Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; origin uncertain
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G-string
1878, geestring, "loincloth worn by American Indian," originally the string that holds it up, etymology unknown. The spelling with G (1891) is perhaps from influence of violin string tuned to a G (in this sense G string is first recorded 1831). First used of women's attire 1936, with reference to strip-teasers.
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