shoestring• The Halls are run by a shoestringstaff: three full-time and five part-time.• This one, he admits, is a shoestringcampaign.• The books give all the insiderknow-how for staying and getting around a country on a shoestringbudget.• Appleton was proud of having done much of his own research on a shoestring.• It was run on a shoestring at the best of times and Kelly was merely adding to his problems.• The trade was extremely competitive and the vessels were run on a shoestring resulting in many losses.