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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thong \Thong\, noun [OE. thong, [thorn]wong, thwang, AS. [thorn]wang; akin to Icel. [thorn]vengr a thong, latchet. [root]57. Cf. {Twinge}.] A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything.
And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields, provide. --Dryden.
{Thong seal} (Zo["o]l.), the bearded seal. See the Note under {Seal}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thong
noun
1: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn: {lash}]
2: a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "thong": belt, blacksnake, braid, brail, bullwhack, bullwhip, cable, cat, cord, cowhide, crop, flagellum, horsewhip, knout, kurbash, lash, ligament, ligation, ligature, line, quirt, rawhide, razor strap, rope, scourge, sjambok, spun yarn, strap, string, tendon, twine, twist, whip, whiplash, wire, yarn
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