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silk stocking

NOUN
  1. women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

How To Use silk stocking In A Sentence

  • They had to be mended by hand or taken to one of shops in the city where a young woman repaired ladders in silk stockings using a special stand and hook.
  • The paraphernalia of security in Britain - the funny hats, silk stockings and bejewelled swords - are ancient symbols of open government.
  • On the day of this dinner he had delivered to Goldsmith a half-dress suit of ratteen lined with satin, costing twelve guineas, a pair of silk stocking-breeches for L2 5_s. and a pair of bloom-coloured ditto for L1 4_s. 6_d. Samuel Johnson
  • Bring me my silk stocking 's. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Here are paintings by the old masters and the new; rare furniture and marbles from Italian palaces; screens from Japan; jewels and rugs from the Orient; silk stockings, curios, china, bronzes, hats, furs; and again more curios, cabinets, statues, paintings; things rare and beautiful and exotic from every quarter of the globe, "from silken Samarcand to cedared Lebanon. Penguin Persons & Peppermints
  • Twelve clothing coupons were issued to us each year, which we spent on French knickers, camiknickers and grey silk stockings, so that we felt a little more feminine when off duty.
  • Silk stockings offen run.
  • Common gifts were jewels, gloves, silk stockings, flowers, garters, handkerchiefs, and paperweights.
  • Thus, a miller in apron and shirtsleeves would not be confused with a magistrate in frock coat, knee breeches, and silk stockings.
  • Her atrophied legs are swagged in black silk stockings.
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