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  • Those crimplene smocky type tops with amateur dated diamondy wiggly shaped designs in shades of ... brown .. which I thought had thankfully disappeared with most Sunday market tat which was very prevalent in London suburb street markets in the seventies.

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • Rita (an amalgam of several real-life protesters) is a cash-strapped seamstress, adrift in a late-60s era of rayon, crimplene and rampant male chauvinism.

    Made in Dagenham 2010

  • Those crimplene smocky type tops with amateur dated diamondy wiggly shaped designs in shades of ... brown .. which I thought had thankfully disappeared with most Sunday market tat which was very prevalent in London suburb street markets in the seventies.

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • Although of course, I suppose they can just pull out an old video of themselves, like Dorian Grey or something, whereas all I have to show for my agonies is an empty sherry-churn and some unfashionable crimplene slacks.

    Summing up annawaits 2006

  • After a moment or two a man in brown crimplene looked in at us, did not at all like the look of us and asked us if we were transit passengers.

    Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

  • Just before we reached it, however, we were suddenly headed off by a man in blue crimplene, who asked us what we thought we were doing in there.

    Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

  • He waved us magnificently away from the snack counter, made us pick up all our gear again, and herded us back through the door and away into the first room where, a minute later, the man in the brown crimplene found us again.

    Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

  • Cardigans, however, are the crimplene of male attire.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

  • Nothing backresistance, retrapping witchery crimplene.

    IndustryWeek Forums - Chain Reactions 2010

  • Cardigans, however, are the crimplene of male attire.

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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