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Posted By:
AnneSchultz
shoelace tips
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10/15/00
04:35 PM
Can someone please give me the word for the plastic tip on the end of a shoelace? Thanks, Anne
Posted By:
AnnaStrophic
Re: shoelace tips
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10/15/00
05:15 PM
Welcome, AnneSchultz (your name resonates with mine!
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Serendipitously enough, this word was used in a U.S. comic strip today, "Beetle Bailey." As barite said in another thread, it is indeed "aglet."
Posted By:
tsuwm
Re: shoelace tips
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10/15/00
08:18 PM
...and when your aglets get scrunched, the ends of your laces become feazings.
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