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Shoestring Budget
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Does anyone know where the term "shoestring budget" originates from?
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The earliest written recorded use of the word 'shoestring' to mean 'a small amount' appeared in the 1880s. Oddly, though, that reference goes on to read, "as the saying went". Clearly, then, the writer realised it was a kind of proverbial spoken usage for some time prior to that.
The earliest reference to a 'shoestring budget' did not appear until the 1970s. That was in the South Wales Guardian.
The earliest reference to a 'shoestring budget' did not appear until the 1970s. That was in the South Wales Guardian.
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