nylons

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noun

stockings made from nylon

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of nylon
nounnylons pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlystockings made from nylon

    She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.

    1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwomen's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

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Broader
stocking

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

nylons. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nylons

MLA

“nylons.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nylons. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nylons,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nylons.

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