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lisle

[lahyl] / laɪl /




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The pair that was shipped to me was disappointingly made of cotton lisle material—with my sweaty dogs, I tend to be a wool guy.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2012

His wife has abandoned lisle hose for nylon and wears a girdle.

From Time Magazine Archive

About 65% of silk hosiery machines in operation can be converted to lisle or rayon production without much loss.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around the fire danced the delegates chanting: Make lisle the style, wear lisle for a while.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think of orthopedic shoes, lisle stockings, underwear laundered thin and gray, coal cellars.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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