- A narrow loincloth supported by a waistband; a breechcloth.
- A similar garment, usually decorated, that is worn especially by stripteasers.
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A G-string (alternatively gee-string or gee string) is a type of underwear, a narrow piece of cloth, leather, or plastic, that covers or holds the genitals, passes between the buttocks, and is attached to a band around the hips, worn as swimwear or underwear by women and men. It is also a style of thong swimsuit whose rear area can become so narrow that it would disappear between the wearer's buttocks. The two terms G-string and thong are often used interchangeably; however, they can refer to distinct pieces of clothing. A G-string is one variety of thong. See the design and variety of thongs for details.
The origin of the term "G-string" is obscure. Since the 19th century, the term geestring referred to the string which held the loincloth of Native Americans [1] and later referred to the narrow loincloth itself. William Safire in his Ode on a G-String quoted the usage of the word "G-string" for loincloth by Harper's Magazine 15 years after Beadle's and suggested that the magazine confused the word with the musical term G-string (i.e., the string for the G note). Safire also mentions the opinion of linguist Robert Hendrickson that G (or gee) stands for groin, which was a taboo word at these times.[2]
Edgar Rice Burroughs dressed his created novel-character, Tarzan, in a G-string for first time in his book The Son of Tarzan (1914) in chapter 26.[3] However, Korak, son of Tarzan, used a G-string before his father Tarzan did in the same book (chapter 20).[4]
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| Translations: G-string |
Nederlands (Dutch)
g-snaar, tangaslipje
Français (French)
n. - cache-sexe, string
Deutsch (German)
n. - Tangaslip, Lendenschurz
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) μικροσκοπική κιλότα
Italiano (Italian)
coprisesso, perizoma
Português (Portuguese)
n. - corda (f) ajustada em sol (Mús.), pedaço (m) de pano vestido por artistas de strip-tease cobrindo a púbis, tanga (f)
Русский (Russian)
струна ноты соль
Español (Spanish)
n. - taparrabo, taparrabo que usa quien hace striptease
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fikonlöv, frimärke (minsta kvarvarande plagg hos stripteasedansös), g-sträng (mus.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
G弦, 遮羞布
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - G弦, 遮羞布
한국어 (Korean)
n. - (음악) 바이올린의 가장 낮은 음의 선인 'G'선
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) لباس, الرقص يستر العورة فقط
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מיתר סול, חוטיני, חגורה (לחלציים)
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