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Lastex

American  
[las-teks] / ˈlæs tɛks /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of yarn made from a core of latex rubber covered with fabric strands.


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Burns gave her some professional advice: get out of her new red velvet slacks and into black Lastex and cashmere.

From Time Magazine Archive

Few months later a third company, H. & W., brought forth another Lastex corset.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lastex, thread with a rubber core which makes cloth that stretches two ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lastex, made of latex, the pure essence of rubber and tougher than its compounds, was more practical than the old rubber because it did not lose its elasticity despite long wear and frequent laundering.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wore those white Lastex kind of swimming trunks, and he was always going off the high dive.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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