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ho·sier·y

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–noun

1.	stockings or socks of any kind.

2.	the business of a hosier.

[Origin: 1780–90; hosier + -y³

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ho·sier·y Audio Help (hō'zhə-rē) Pronunciation Key
n.

Socks and stockings; hose.
Chiefly British Stockings, socks, and underclothing.

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

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hosiery
noun
socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

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hosiery [ˈhəuziəri] noun

knitted goods, especially stockings, socks and tights

Arabic:	الجوارِب والملابِس الداخليَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	针织品，特指袜
Chinese (Traditional):	(襪子等)針織品
Czech:	pletené zboží
Danish:	trikotage
Dutch:	breiwerk
Estonian:	sukad-sokid
Finnish:	sukat
French:	bonneterie
German:	die Strumpfwaren
Greek:	κάλτσες και πλεκτά είδη
Hungarian:	kötöttáru
Icelandic:	nærfatnaður (prjónaður); sokkar
Indonesian:	rajutan
Italian:	calzetteria

Japanese:	靴下の類
Korean:	(양말 등의) 메리야스 제품
Latvian:	zeķes (kā prece)
Lithuanian:	trikotažas, kojinės
Norwegian:	trikotasje, strømpevarer
Polish:	trykotaże
Portuguese (Brazil):	artigos de malha
Portuguese (Portugal):	artigos de malha
Romanian:	lenjerie intimă
Russian:	чулочные изделия
Slovak:	pletený tovar
Slovenian:	pletenine (nogavičarstvo)
Spanish:	calcetería
Swedish:	strumpor, trikåvaror
Turkish:	çorap, iç çamaşırı Vb.