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ho⋅sier⋅y

[hoh-zhuh-ree]
–noun
1. stockings or socks of any kind.
2. the business of a hosier.

Origin:
1780–90; hosier + -y 3
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ho·sier·y   (hō'zhə-rē)   
n.  
  1. Socks and stockings; hose.

  2. Chiefly British Stockings, socks, and underclothing.


[hosier, maker of stockings (from Middle English, from hose, a stocking; see hose) + -y2.]
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