spaghetti strap
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spaghetti strap
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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The video shows the woman in a spaghetti strap top and very short shorts strolling outside a mall in central Singapore.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2023
The 31-year-old country singer dazzled on the red carpet in a simple yet elegant spaghetti strap black dress with a high slit.
From Fox News • Nov. 13, 2019
Summer has long been equated with flouncy little dresses, but of late on the Brooklyn streets populated by bohemian 20-somethings, there is nary a spaghetti strap or strappy stiletto to be found.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2015
On Wednesday, students at Stuyvesant High School staged a protest by stripping down to their . . . spaghetti strap shirts and short shorts?
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2012
A bronze metallic-jersey dress was gathered at the hip and held up over one shoulder with the thinnest spaghetti strap, and a fully beaded tulle dress mimicked snakeskin.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2011
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