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Silk-stocking

Silk-stocking Meaning & Definition
Silk-stocking Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Silk-stocking?

[n] women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Silk-stocking: nylon stocking | nylons | rayon stocking | rayons

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See Also | stocking

Silk-stocking In Webster's Dictionary

\Silk"-stock`ing\, a. Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly worn chiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way of reproach. [They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers. --Jefferson.

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