nylon
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1. nylon - Noun
2. Nylon - Proper noun
Meaning
a synthetic fabric
a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
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I have loved you woman as surely as I have named you rust and sand and nylon.
All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's the purest form of guitar making, and I just enjoy doing it.
It's me versus Mother Nature and me versus me. I want to see how far a human can fly with six kilograms of high-tech nylon over his head with no engine. Ultimately though, I love being able to fly like a bird.
The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.
Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.
A few elite players use natural gut, but the vast majority of strings are a nylon or polyester synthetic.