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nylons

British  
/ ˈnaɪlɒnz /

plural noun

  1. stockings made of nylon or other man-made material

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He sold Amway nylons to FBI secretaries while other agents sneered.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2025

In clothing, auxetic nylons, fibers and other synthetic materials could prove more comfortable than traditional materials.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2024

I'm wearing polyester and nylons and a wig, and I looked in the mirror and said, "Do I have to?"

From Salon Sep. 23, 2022

“Part of survival, part of how we thrive and make politics, is that possibility of self-fashioning, of beauty, of pleasure, of nylons or the click of your heels,” she said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2022

Her name is Marin or Maris or something like that, and she wears dark nylons all the time and lots of makeup she gets free from selling Avon.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

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