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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Kissing strings

/kĭs'-ĭng strĭngz/ · Kiss·ing strings · IPA
01 n. Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin.
  1. 1.
    Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin.
    “One of her ladyship's kissing strings, once pink and fluttering and now faded and soiled.” — Pall Mall Mag.