lisle

• “She rubbed her cheeks quickly and fiercely to bring back the color Sarah had driven out of them, and delayed a moment longer to put on her tan lisle-thread gloves.”

  CHAPTER XIX

• “Mrs. FitzGibbons also had a striped green overskirt and bodice of silk, with yellow lisle stockings, as a change from the homespun I had been provided with the day before.”

  Fictionaut: Sick Cycle Carousel

• “I tried not to look at the bleeding deer, frozen in his moment of final horror, as I packed my clothes into the top drawer: two skirts, two blouses and a pair of black lisle stockings that Mother had bid me darn so theyd see me through the coming winter.”

  Simon & Schuster: Kate Morton Ebook Collection

• “The Stamford, Conn. -based company recently introduced a fine-knit polo in mercerized lisle, a sturdy cotton thread, to make its golf shirts more comfortable for play in warmer climates.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Wearing Thin

• “L-onie removed her dress, cotton lisle stockings, combinations and corset, draping garments across the carpet and armchair.”

  Sepulchre

• “PRIORITIES THREE SHIRTS, AN EXTRA PAIR of decent breeches, two pair of stockings, one lisle, one silk-wait, where were the silk ones?”

  A Breath of Snow and Ashes

• “Thin black lisle stockings showed a modestly arched and rather small foot in a black pump.”

  Our Mr. Wrenn

• “She dipped into the book, lounging on her window-seat, with her slim, lisle-stockinged legs crossed, and her knees up under her chin.”

  Main Street

• “Could feel the cool fabric gliding between her legs, skimming over her lisle stockings.”

  Simon & Schuster: Hearts

• “There was pain there already, as the friction burned through the leather and thin cotton lisle of his socks.”

  Second Skin

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