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proof that the right glow turns any backyard into a place worth staying.
means A long flexible cord studded with small evenly spaced bulbs, hung or strung up to cast a soft decorative glow over a space.
from A plain compound of "string," the act of threading things along a line, and "lights" — the word "string" comes from Old English "streng," a cord or rope, kin to "strong" and the idea of something drawn taut. The phrase simply describes what they are: lights strung along a wire. Their ancestor is the Christmas-tree light strand, electrified in the late 19th century after Edison-era engineers wired small bulbs in series so they could glow together on a single line — and the festive habit eventually wandered out of December and onto patios year-round.
- origin
- First strung on a Christmas tree in 1882.
- early cost
- Decorating one tree once equaled a worker's weekly wage.
- hidden trick
- Warm-white reads as cozy; cool-white reads as cold.
- failure mode
- One dead bulb can darken an entire old series strand.
- power play
- LED strings sip a fraction of incandescent watts.
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