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Definition of 'thong'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A strip of leather.
(usually|in the plural|Australia|US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
* 1964 , The Beach Boys, All Summer Long
- T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).
* 2006 , Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour , Thomson, page 108 ,
- Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs , shorts and T-shirts.
* 2008 , Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia , page 104 ,
- Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can?t put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.
* 2009 , Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney , Lonely Planet, page 126 ,
- You shouldn?t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you?ve splashed $5000 on daddy?s credit card.
(UK|US|New Zealand) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
- No! I won't buy you a thong . You're too young for that.
Synonyms
* (an item of footwear) flip-flop, jandal (New Zealand)
* (a undergarment or swimwear) G-string, butt floss
See also
* sandal
Similar to 'thong'thing, twang, tong, tang, tung, thang, tying, towing, ting, tawing, toying, teeing, toeing, tieing, teaing, tewing
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