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Terylene

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Terylene [ˈtɛrɪˌliːn]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)™ a synthetic polyester fibre or fabric based on terephthalic acid, characterized by lightness and crease resistance and used for clothing, sheets, ropes, sails, etc. US name (trademark) Dacron
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Noun1.Terylene - a kind of polyester fabric
Dacron
polyester - any of a large class of synthetic fabrics
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
Translations
Terylene® [ˈterəliːn] N (Brit) → terylene ® m
Terylene® [ˈtɛrɪliːn] n (British) → Tergal® m
Terylene®
n → Terylen(e)® nt, → ˜ Trevira® nt, → ˜ Diolen® nt
Terylene® [ˈtɛrəˌliːn] n → terital ® m, terilene ® m
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I don't know if he wears singlets, or uses bed sheets, or exercises indoors in a track suit, or if his towel is Turkish or terylene, lemon or green.
An animal of the highest order by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
The mouth dried and the blood stilled at the prospect of being whisked around the most romantic city in the world by a courier with poor wind retention and a Terylene suit, who would nudge you periodically to whisper "oohlala".
THE English ear glows appreciatively by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
TERYLENE V POLYTHENE: Football rivalry between the Terylene and Polythene works at Wilton ICI was always strong and this picture of a presentation - top right - to the teams has been sent in by Sonny Alder, of Acklam, He says he can't remember the years but thinks it was between 1966 and 1970 and readers would know most of the lads in the photograph.
Sporting life by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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