to keep in leading strings

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• Leading strings — are narrow straps of fabric attached to children s clothing in seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe which originally functioned as a sort of leash to keep the child from straying too far or falling as they learned to walk.ee also*1650 1700… …   Wikipedia

• leading strings — ˈlē noun plural 1. : strings by which children are sometimes supported when beginning to walk 2. : a state of dependence or tutelage : guidance leading strings had been so willingly accepted that they were scarcely felt E.M.Forster usually used… …   Useful english dictionary

• leading strings — /lee ding/ 1. strings for leading and supporting a child learning to walk. 2. excessively restraining guidance: His parents tried to keep him in leading strings, but he finally married and moved away. [1670 80] * * * …   Universalium

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• Allan Octavian Hume — (June 6, 1829 July 31, 1912) son of Joseph Hume was a civil servant in British governed India, and a political reformer. With Sir William Wedderburn, he founded the Indian National Congress, a political party that was to later lead the Indian… …   Wikipedia

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• 1700-1750 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1700 1750 in European and European influenced countries is characterized by a widening, full skirted silhouette for both men and women following the tall, narrow look of the 1680s and 90s. Wigs remained essential for men of… …   Wikipedia