full-fashioned hosiery. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : full-fashioned hosiery. From Dictionary.com.
JH: So they were making full-fashioned hose and. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
They didn't even make full-fashioned hose like that. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
Several hundred, but not that many in full-fashioned. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, July 2, 1980. Interview H-0107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Why were you able to get a job in the full-fashioned?. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, July 2, 1980. Interview H-0107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
JH: Why were you able to get a job in the full-fashioned?. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
It was a pretty good job, but full-fashioned is over now. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Roy Lee and Mary Ruth Auton, February 28, 1980. Interview H-0108. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
AUSTIN: Several hundred, but not that many in full-fashioned. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
Did you get any better pay for working on full-fashioned than on circular?. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, July 2, 1980. Interview H-0107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Topping full-fashioned hose is what I was doing in the full-fashioned mill. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
JH: Did you get any better pay for working on full-fashioned than on circular?. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
A full-fashioned machine is as long as from that door over to that door, or maybe a little longer. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, July 2, 1980. Interview H-0107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
AUSTIN: A full-fashioned machine is as long as from that door over to that door, or maybe a little longer. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
Hence, the goods are called full-fashioned, because so fashioned as to conform to the proportions of the leg and foot. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
But when they quit doing full-fashioned I had to hunt another job, so I learned to loop, and I looped socks for about five years. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
They really didn't have to work as hard as we did; it was just a little more heavier work than the topping of the full-fashioned hose. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
States there are numerous important plants engaged in the production of full-fashioned goods, while large quantities are annually imported from Germany and France. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
See, full-fashioned machines was altogether different from these little circle machines like the ones that makes socks or women's hose on, in just one little machine. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Roy Lee and Mary Ruth Auton, February 28, 1980. Interview H-0108. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
As far as comfort and fit are concerned, the manufacture of seamless hosiery has now reached such a degree of perfection as to bring it second only to the full-fashioned variety. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The knitting frames used for making full-fashioned goods are large, intricate, expensive, and slow in operation; they are difficult to keep in order and require skilful operators. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
You take an eight-and-a-half foot in a full-fashioned hose, that's not very long, and you really had to work to get your what they called then bars filled, and you'd have twelve that you had to fill. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Eunice Austin] Reference
So they were making full-fashioned hose and …. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, July 2, 1980. Interview H-0107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
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