About The Word Silk-stocking
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Silk-stocking
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Silk-stocking: 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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