He managed it on a shoestring. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
O'BRIEN: Barnstorming the region, he became known as the shoestring traveler. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2006] Reference
They are doing this on a shoestring, which is a shame. From Wordnik.com. [Global Guerrillas] Reference
Hitting an expensive capital city on any kind of shoestring can be a challenge. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Despite their strides, the Americans are still a "shoestring" operation compared to the sport's heavyweights. From Wordnik.com. [Statesman - AP Sports] Reference
Del Rio complained about Peterson's muscle-flexing celebration after a "shoestring" sack of Bengals quarterback. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
And the "shoestring" chef whose ingredients cost the least will be invited back to prepare our year-end holiday feast!. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
Koch dreams of plastering his enemies 'faces on highway billboards, but he laments what he calls a "shoestring" budget. From Wordnik.com. [Staradvertiser Headlines] Reference
Mr. Koch dreams of plastering his enemies 'faces on highway billboards, but he laments what he calls a "shoestring" budget. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
AFP/Getty Images - Robert Redford launched the annual Sundance film festival, vowing to stick to its modest, "shoestring" …. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
"shoestring" attempt to grab the shopping centers at the Long Beach Road-N. C. From Wordnik.com. [news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com] Reference
Converting the staff to her "run on a shoestring" mentality. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Magnetism] Reference
The soles of his shoes, the shoestring, are black with mud. From Wordnik.com. [Monsoon] Reference
"Somebody's found he's got to hev a shoestring 'fore mornin '.". From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 6] Reference
I've anchored that damned stick to the psaltery with a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
He says his shoestring budget can't afford an officer at the jail. From Wordnik.com. [Bail Burden Keeps U.S. Jails Stuffed With Inmates] Reference
CHILD: Oh, many times, but at the very beginning, we were on a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Julia Child Dispenses Her 'Kitchen Wisdom' - December 28, 2000] Reference
So, in the summer of 2010, we set out to tie the knot on a shoestring budget. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Bowers: Planning a Wedding on a College Budget (PHOTOS)] Reference
This may spell difficult times for the sysops running tiny shoestring outfits. From Wordnik.com. [Online On A Shoestring] Reference
These hospitals were admittedly operating on a shoestring before the earthquake. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Ryley: Haitian Hospitals Awash With Supplies, Struggle to Pay Staff (Part 2)] Reference
People are losing jobs, and homes, and holding on to their dignity with a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. [Randy Parraz: AZ-SEN: How to Beat John McCain] Reference
"Strange Culture" is a strange mixture of documentary and drama filmed on a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. ['Strange Culture' May Grow on Film Fans] Reference
Advocates for Proposition 19, meanwhile, are running the campaign on a shoestring budget. From Wordnik.com. [California Pot Initiative Opposed By Beer Industry] Reference
He conducts his work on a shoestring because research grants remain desperately hard to get. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Your Blessings] Reference
Form shoestring potatoes into a nest on a serving plate and place the stuffed eggs in the nest. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
"Have you seen anything in here of a flat, white package with a black shoestring tied around it?". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Scheffer untied his shoestring, drew off the dusty, worn-out shoe, and tried the pair in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
As an antidote, they read classic plays and began to write and produce their own works on a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. [A Downtown Firmament] Reference
Hart nearly took Georgia anyway, and he won Ohio, Florida, California and other states on a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. [New Hampshire Before New Year's?] Reference
Negre's business plan has all the novelty to be expected from an inventor operating on a shoestring budget. From Wordnik.com. [Fill 'Er Up, But Not With Gas] Reference
After years on a shoestring budget, he is now backed by the prestigious Italian manufacturer Genny Holding Spa. From Wordnik.com. [Gender Bend: Hot Boys To Haute Girls] Reference
Incidentally, you did not mention that Brazil won the bronze, with a shoestring team, beating former champion Norway. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Started on a shoestring budget, No Limit has sold 17 million to 20 million albums this year, according to a spokesperson. From Wordnik.com. [Taking To The Streets] Reference
The California Aerospace Museum showed how rich and energetic his sculptural shapes could be, even when building on a shoestring. From Wordnik.com. [A Maverick Master] Reference
Back in 1997 he gathered 13 refugees and, on a shoestring budget, brought them along the now popular route to the Vietnamese border. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Seoul Train] Reference
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