G-string

See also: G-String and G string

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Etymology 1

Possibly from girdle-string, attested from the 19th century, but uncertain. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

G-string (plural G-strings)

  1. An especially thin thong worn as underwear or swimwear, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks.
    Coordinate terms: C-string, tanga
    • 1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 59:
      Her hands snaked down to her sides and suddenly she had torn away the strip of lace. She threw it into the audience. There was nothing now but a single black G-string.
  2. A type of loincloth or breechcloth.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:G-string.
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Etymology 2

Noun

G-string (plural G-strings)

  1. (music) A string on a musical instrument tuned to the note G.
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