The woman was wearing nylons — and though it felt odd, Lauren was sure the term nylons was precisely right. From Wordnik.com. [Memory of Fire]
My biggest problem today is that I bought the wrong kind of nylons (thigh highs) and they keep falling down. From Wordnik.com. [miss-k2 Diary Entry] Reference
Nylon Khaman Dhokla, Nylon Sev, Nylon saboodana, Nylon poha - these are all the "nylons" that I have heard in the food world. From Wordnik.com. [Nylon Khaman Dhokla] Reference
'No. I wear nylons sometimes, but not this color.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
"Mr. Hoffa, quit scratching -- you'll ruin my nylons!". From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
Speaking of corpses, why did anyone invent grey nylons?. From Wordnik.com. [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference
The freezer held meat and TV dinners and a box of nylons. From Wordnik.com. [Ask the Cards a Question]
One or two were wearing nylons; the rest were in bobby-sox. From Wordnik.com. [Blaze]
I stared at it, paralyzed, then jammed the nylons in my bag. From Wordnik.com. [Ask the Cards a Question]
He said that he had bought her some nylons, dark tan in color. From Wordnik.com. [In Cold, Blue Blood] Reference
Didn't want to find a babysitter, an outfit that fits, nylons. From Wordnik.com. [Monsoon] Reference
I hurried back to my office and got the box of nylons from my bag. From Wordnik.com. [Ask the Cards a Question]
When the war was over, the first sale of nylons was in San Francisco. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Robert Sidney Smith, January 25, 1999. Interview I-0081. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
He looked over her black nylons, short black skirt and leather jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
Her shoes clunked on the floor, she snagged her nylons pulling them off. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
They smelled like my mother, the perfume and sweat from her beige nylons. From Wordnik.com. [Felicia C. Sullivan: Love, Conditionally: How One Mother Tested the Limits of Unconditional Love] Reference
I took two of the disposable nylons used to try on shoes and put them on my hands. From Wordnik.com. [naima101 Diary Entry] Reference
Legs wrapped in dark nylons; heels for her part-time job in Raleigh as a paralegal. From Wordnik.com. [Kiss the Girls]
Office women in passing cars looked at him and felt vibrat ions above their nylons. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunter]
Her drawers were crammed with nylons and lingerie and scented with a homemade sachet. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
Next came the ivory garter t, followed by sheer nylons shimmering with golden 'lights. From Wordnik.com. [Too Many Bosses]
If you get one of those judges, a pair of sheer nylons could prove a worthy investment. From Wordnik.com. [Opening Statements: What to Wear to Court] Reference
I went out there, he come to me, and I thought, "Well, they got it over on the nylons.". From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Icy Norman, April 6 and 30, 1979. Interview H-0036. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
In the USA in World War II nylons for women were priceless, almost impossible to be had. From Wordnik.com. [Tea please – or I won’t fight! | ultraorange.net] Reference
Miss Bunny, by the end of the day there was a run in my nylons from my knee to my thigh. From Wordnik.com. [I can have 10.] Reference
By then, we children would be clawing at my mother's nylons: What if we'd MISSED Santa??. From Wordnik.com. [Danielle Crittenden: I'm a Christmas Shnorer--Rhymes with "Menorah"] Reference
Her skirt was short and she was wearing dark nylons that went light where her knees bent. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
The bear was wearing my running hat, Franny's green sweater, a pair of Mother's nylons. From Wordnik.com. [The Hotel New Hampshire]
Her Sunday dresses just got tighter and shorter and instead of nylons, she went bare-legged. From Wordnik.com. [Amen, Hallelujah] Reference
She was wearing a fuchsia skirt, a low-cut sky blue blouse, black nylons, and fuchsia pumps. From Wordnik.com. [Undead and Unworthy]
I for one am particularly fond of the brassiere with matching thigh-high nylons and garters. From Wordnik.com. [Zandile Blay: Frisky Fashion: East Cleveland Mayor (Allegedly) Drags Out His Lingerie Collection] Reference
Helicopters carrying sand bags and hair stuffed into nylons and other such plans are a joke. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Dalton-Beninato: Exclusive Excerpt: Mr. Bill Speaks Out on Spill "Oh Nooo!!"] Reference
So those sheer nylons of the 1930s and 1940s also owed their descriptive style to "audacity!". From Wordnik.com. ["Our Last, Best Hope"] Reference
She showed them the nylon, and one of the cops asked, 'You don't wear nylons like this, do you?. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
'The worst mob scene in New York since nylons went on sale,' joked one New York police officer. From Wordnik.com. [Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth]
Black silk blouse, black pencil skirt, black nylons, black patent leather shoes with a low heel. From Wordnik.com. [One Shot]
One of them is anti-cellulite nylons, and the other is stockings that actually hydrate your legs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2006] Reference
They were in dark suits and snowy white shirts, suspenders and quiet ties and severe dark dresses and black nylons. From Wordnik.com. [Running Blind]
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