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lisle thread

noun

  1. a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lisle thread1

First recorded in 1850–55
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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.

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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.

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Her ankles were covered with lisle thread hose, not homespun cotton, like she wore when Wade first saw her.

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If she tried to mend it herself she would only make a mess of it—besides she hadn't any lisle thread or needles.

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Maybe she's some less'n seven feet in her lisle threads, but she looks every inch of it; and when it comes to curves, she has Lillian Russell pared to a lamp post.

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