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US
/ˈstɑkɪŋ/
]
[ UK /stˈɒkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /stˈɒkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the activity of supplying a stock of something
he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout - close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
How To Use stocking In A Sentence
- A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
- The Christmas penny jar will buy more food and drink than we could possibly consume over the holiday and there aren't any goodies I truly fancy finding in my stocking.
- The delicate cycle, which uses a slower and gentler spin intensity, is for laundering lingerie, stockings and other garments that are normally handwashed.
- Funny and moving, this book will sit perfectly in any footie lover's stocking. The Sun
- Uncle Fliakim Sheril, furbished up in a new crisp black suit, and with his spindleshanks trimly incased in the smoothest of black silk stockings, looking for all the world just like an alert and spirited black cricket, outdid himself on this occasion in singing _counter_, in that high, weird voice that he must have learned from the wintry winds that usually piped around the corners of the old house. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
- The undergarments included stockings, petticoats, drawers, and a corset.
- He was dressed in a worn tricorn, a dark homespun coat, knee-length breeches, dark stocking, and heavy brogue shoes.
- By the time I've yanked on my stockings and managed to rip a ladder in them, I know it's going to be a brilliant day.
- Fishing for glass eel could also continue if these eels are used for restocking rivers but not used for aquaculture.
- How the books (not having been chosen with reference to this great event) were of awkward sizes, and did not make comfortable paving for the bottom of the trunk; whilst folded stockings may be called the packer's delight, from their usefulness to fill up corners. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances