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élastique à culottes

English translation: knicker elastic

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French term or phrase:élastique à culottes
English translation:knicker elastic
Entered by: Alexandre Cazier (X)

13:34 Oct 28, 2018
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / couture
French term or phrase: élastique à culottes
"Elle conservait dans la mort cet air con des mercières mesurant l'élastique à culottes."

Pierres Desproges, Des femmes qui tombent (1985)
Alexandre Cazier (X)
France
Local time: 10:23
knicker elastic
Explanation:
Unless I am missing something really obvious!
https://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&url...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/knicker-elastic
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katsy
Local time: 10:23
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4 +8knicker elastic
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
knicker elastic


Explanation:
Unless I am missing something really obvious!
https://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&url...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/knicker-elastic

katsy
Local time: 10:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SafeTex: Beat me to it. And yes, "knickers" to reinforce the "outdated" image
2 mins
  -> Thanks SafeTex! Brought back memories I must say - of when I was a child, learning to put elastic in knickers (etc) in sewing classes.... I mean who does that now?! Besides I don't think that a term like 'panty elastic' exists, does it?
agree  Lara Barnett
19 mins
  -> Thanks Lara :-)
agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tony :-)
agree  Philippa Smith
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Philippa :-)
agree  Charles Davis: The authentic term: nothing else will do.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Charles :-)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: And perfectly in line with the terms that Desproges would use.
19 hrs
  -> Thanks Nikki :-) Not 5 minutes ago I was thinking that he would never have used anything more euphemistic, if it exists, au contraire ! One of the greats!
agree  ph-b (X): Why do I never get to translate texts about knickers?
1 day 1 hr
  -> Sigh, isn't it always the way? "It's the same the 'ole world over/it's the poor what gets the blame/it's the rich gets all the pleasure/ain't it all a b***din' shame" ;-)
agree  Susan Monnereau
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Thanks Susan :-)
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