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mislace en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + lace.

Meanings

1. To lace improperly.
   • He dressed quickly, missing buttons, mislacing his high shoes, and he went out into the neon night. 1978, Samuel Astrachan, Katz-Cohen: A Novel, page 284:
   • For a day or two Tell even speculated on the possibility that Roger Daltrey himself might have taken a turn wearing the mislaced white sneakers. 1994, Stephen King, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, page 272:
   • I opened a book which seemed to be mislaced, and found a thousand-franc note in it. 1901, Honoré de Balzac, George Saintsbury, Comédie Humaine, page 373:
   • The first week, an ashcarver from Ashtabula had hanged himself in quarters after the sergeant major had made him stand at attention for three days and nights for mislacing a legging. 1983, Susan Arnout Smith, The Frozen Lady, page 306:

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