kissing strings

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Kissing strings \Kiss"ing strings`\n.
   Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin.

         One of her ladyship's kissing strings, once pink and
         fluttering and now faded and soiled.     --Pall Mall
                                                  Mag.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]