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Thong   /θɔŋ/   Listen
Thong

noun
1.
Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip.  Synonym: lash.
2.
Underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants.
3.
A thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together.
4.
Minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband.  Synonym: G-string.
5.
A backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe.  Synonym: flip-flop.





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"Thong" Quotes from Famous Books



... continued the Constable, "are there left no ancient servants of the House, that could speak out as well as you?" "Humph!" answered the huntsman—"men are not willing to babble when Randal Lacy is cracking his thong above their heads. Many are slain, or starved to death—some disposed of—some spirited away. But there are the weaver Flammock and his daughter Rose, who know as much of ...
— The Betrothed • Sir Walter Scott
... ancient, frugal hour of three.[26] Good Heavens! at four their costly treat is spread, And juniors lord it at the table's head; See fellows' benches sleeveless striplings bear,[27] Whilst Smith and Sutton from the canvass stare.[28] Hear'st thou through all this consecrated ground, The rattling thong's unwonted clangour sound? Awake! arise! though many a danger lour, By one bright deed to vindicate thy power." He ceased; as loud the fatal whip resounds, With throbbing heart the eager Doctor bounds. So when some bear from Russia's clime convey'd, Politer grown, ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843 • Various
... out of his coat a pocketbook bound by a leather thong. It slapped open and he took from it two notes, one of joined halves, and laid them ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... of a small but strongly built man, who carried a short, exceedingly thick bamboo rod in his hand. My fear was too great to admit of my accurately observing anything at that time, but I noticed that some kind of leather thong or loop was attached to the end ...
— The Quest of the Sacred Slipper • Sax Rohmer
... prospect two men walking. One was an elderly savage, with a wrinkled, shrewd countenance. He was almost completely enveloped in a robe of softened skins. Followed him a younger man, dangling at the end of a thong a small three-legged stool cut entire from a single block of wood. The old man swept forward with considerable dignity; the younger, one hand held high in the most affected fashion, teetered gracefully along as mincingly as ...
— The Leopard Woman • Stewart Edward White et al


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