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Shoulder strap   /ʃˈoʊldər stræp/   Listen
Shoulder strap

noun
1.
A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag.  Synonym: strap.






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"Shoulder strap" Quotes from Famous Books



... men—Inniskillings, Dublin Fusiliers, etc. They have recovered their exhaustion; have cleaned up, and look full of themselves, twice the size in fact. As I stepped on to the little pier at Cape Helles an enemy's six-incher burst about 50 yards back, a lump of metal just clearing my right shoulder strap and shooting into the sea with an ugly hiss. Not a big ...
— Gallipoli Diary, Volume I • Ian Hamilton

... contrived to wipe the whole of them off my list before the stores closed, including even the purchase of the new rifle which I had promised myself. This was a very expensive but beautiful weapon, very light compared with my old rifle, for it weighed, all complete and including the shoulder strap, less than six pounds. It had a plain blue cylindrical barrel, gauged to take a half-inch spherical bullet with three drachms of powder, was fitted with a nipple for percussion caps, and provided with a fixed sight ...
— Through Veld and Forest - An African Story • Harry Collingwood



Words linked to "Shoulder strap" :   chemise, suspender, golf bag, bandeau, brace, shift, gallus, band, brassiere, shimmy, bra, teddy, slip



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