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As knickers may be
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elasticated
Word definitions for elasticated in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of clothing or part of a garment, containing a strip or strips of elastic, especially in the waistband, cuffs or the ends of the legs, in order to make the clothing fit snugly.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN waist ▪ They have an elasticated waist and three pockets and a cotton inner lining. ▪ Draw string elasticated waist , gripped elastic legs. ▪ The trousers have two zipped side pockets elasticated waist and zip opening ...
Usage examples of elasticated.
Marks and Spencer had completely run out of beige car coats with elasticated backs.
As I strolled along I watched an elasticated black kid, Felix's age or maybe older, gangle past with his pretty little friend.
Beverley opened the door wearing burgundy mock velvet pyjamas with white elasticated cuffs at wrist and ankle.
The clothes were dull: T-shirts, jackets and trousers made of golden-brown Beta-cloth - selected because it was fireproof - with 1970s-style turtle necks and elasticated cuffs.
There was a series of rustlings and elasticated twangings, and then she turned around, holding a bag.