fong n also fung* Kilkenny Lexicon fong. A long leather boot- or shoe-lace; thong.
   1897 J A Folklore x, 205 ~ a leather or deer[skin] string or strap. 1925 Dial Notes v, 331 ~ The string of a boot. 1937 DEVINE 22 ~ A leather or deerskin boot-lace. P 148-65 Fungs [are] shoe-laces—in common use around fifty years ago. P 103-67 Fung—long leather shoe lace.

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