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slipknot
/ ˈslɪpˌnɒt /
noun
- Also calledrunning knot a nooselike knot tied so that it will slip along the rope round which it is made
- a knot that can be easily untied by pulling one free end
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We trimmed around the top of the fruit to create a little shelf for looping the string, peeled the skin off like a potato, and tied a slipknot around each stem.
Wedding Hint: The minister ties the knot; time and lawyers may prove it to be a slipknot.
Then you get a long rope, and put one end in a slipknot loosely around the trunk.
Tie a slipknot at one end of a string, and show how to set it for snaring birds.
On his right a man had uncoiled a well-rope and was tying a slipknot in it.
The string of the kite is fastened round these balances by a slipknot.
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