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Meanings of nylon stockings in English

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Usage of nylon stockings in English
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She's perfectly tidy in an olive-green suit, nylon stockings and discreet black shoes.
The Irish Times
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Now for another unlikely question: what did crack cocaine have in common with nylon stockings?
Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of ever...
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They got to say hello, and then they went out to buy some nylon stockings.
The informers
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Or had epidemiologists missed the " nylon stockings" of the digital age?
The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
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She would wear nylon stockings and little yellow heels.
We are all welcome here
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It was created in post-war Britain, when we still had rationing, corner shops and nylon stockings.
BBC
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As my mother said, Mabel went through men the way other women went through nylon stockings.
Another life altogether: a novel
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If you don't have cheese cloth handy for straining, laundered nylon stockings make a good substitute.
The Perdue Chicken Cookbook
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When gardaí arrived, she was standing there filthy and barefoot, her nylon stockings in her hand.
The Irish Times
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In this regard, the invention of nylon stockings was markedly similar to the invention of crack cocaine.
Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of ever...
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There were runs on tires, coffee, sugar, cigarettes, butter, the choicer cuts of beef, and nylon stockings.
Alas, Babylon
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He held her two light nylon stockings in one hand and her bright pink panties in the other.
Super
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Her mum needed some nylon stockings.
The informers
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Both of them wore nylon stockings over their heads, the faces hideously distorted-likesomething out of a nightmare.
The next to die
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Louise Scholz-Conway from Angels the Costumiers in London showed BBC News some original nylon stockings and explained the appeal.
BBC
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In the US nylon began to replace silk and rayon stockings but nylon stockings were difficult to get in Europe.
The Irish Times
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