lisle
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- n a fabric woven with lisle thread
- n a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)
- When a college girl buys a pair of lisle or rayon stockings instead of silk she deprives Japan of exactly 10, and probably is not aware that at the same time she is taking 21 .
- Catalina's striped suit, resembling a TV channel that needs focusing, is made of lisle cotton, clings to the bodice, has loose, boy-length shorts.
- His wife has abandoned lisle hose for nylon and wears a girdle.