Nylons

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of nylon form-of, plural
  2. 2
    stockings made from nylon plural, plural-only

    "She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède."

  3. 3
    women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) wordnet

Synonyms

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nylon stockingrayon stockingrayonssilk stocking

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"She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède."

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