lisle
Example Sentences
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“I really look forward to selling our greens this time of year because the flavor is so good,” said Mike Nolan, who grows a variety at his Earth Spring Farm in Carlisle, Pa.
From Washington Post
Since the Japanese sacked Nanking in 1937, I have worn no silk at all—and the substituted lisle & rayon hosiery are hateful to me.
From Time
There hadn't been a better one there, and she had silk stockings while most of the girls had clumsy cotton ones, or at best lisle thread.
From Project Gutenberg
For instance, already since I had had my own new things I felt that I could never bear to go back to lisle thread or cashmere stockings again.
From Project Gutenberg
Her ankles were covered with lisle thread hose, not homespun cotton, like she wore when Wade first saw her.
From Project Gutenberg
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