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apron-string hold
Noun
idiomatic
informal
obsolete
Japanese Meaning
妻の存命中、夫が保有する不動産（慣用的・時代遅れ・くだけた表現）
（ plural ）
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(idiomatic, obsolete, informal) An estate held by a man during his wife's life.
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apron-string hold
In the old deed he discovered that his grandfather had left him an apron-string hold, a quaint arrangement granting him the estate only for the duration of his wife's life.
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In the old deed he discovered that his grandfather had left him an apron-string hold, a quaint arrangement granting him the estate only for the duration of his wife's life.
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