lisle thread
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lisle thread
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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If she tried to mend it herself she would only make a mess of it—besides she hadn't any lisle thread or needles.
From The New Warden by Ritchie, Mrs. David G.
There hadn't been a better one there, and she had silk stockings while most of the girls had clumsy cotton ones, or at best lisle thread.
From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy
For all answer Willett drew off the dainty glove of white lisle thread, took the outstretched hand of Case, wrung it, and turned in silence from the room.
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Post, Charles J.
The gentlemen are clad in underwear of silk or lisle thread and suits of linen, drill or silk, and the ladies are equally coolly apparelled.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
People as well as lisle thread were a specialty of his.
From The Indiscreet Letter by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell
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