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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of elasticise.

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  • adjective made with strands or inserts of elastic

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Examples

  • Just when was poly osti-frocks with elasticised waists worn by anyone other than our mums? see you soon! debrina

    not a fashionista moment @1985 Another Outspoken Female 2009

  • I applaud your putting on of shoes: while not all of us have the callouses to casually chase down an intruder in bare feet, my experience of such a situation has taught me that a handy pair of elasticised Blundstones would have meant the actual capture of one who attempted forced entry into one of my abodes.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Probably lucky I couldn’t find my boots. 2010

  • I wonder if that elasticised waist was ACTUALLY on the jumper before it because skants.

    Regretsy – Skants Skants Revolution 2010

  • Was it a point in time roughly contemporaneous with you being caught with your giant elasticised pantaloons around your ankles.

    Boris Peeved With Tabloids Shock Story Newmania 2007

  • Was it a point in time roughly contemporaneous with you being caught with your giant elasticised pantaloons around your ankles.

    Archive 2007-02-18 Newmania 2007

  • A sport in which one throws oneself from a high place such as a bridge to which one is attached by an elasticised cord.

    November 2007 2007

  • All the fashion mistakes were there in bulk: combats elasticised at the ankle, shapeless shifts, murky colours, the wrong prints.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Ms Robinson 2007

  • I have to get age 7/8 trousers for Kyle's length of leg, but he has no bum and the M&S are great because they have an elasticised waist and are easy to adjust.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • And then before you can say Big Mac, all of you will be shopping for elasticised trousers and extra-large T-shirts together.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • They feature a main internal compartment with elasticised pockets, a front zip pocket, nylon lining, a large padded microfibre change mat, a zip-top wet purse, an OiOi wipes case and protective metal feet on the base.

    The Australian Jewish News Melanie 2010

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