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View synonyms for silk-stocking

silk-stocking

[ silk-stok-ing ]

adjective

  1. rich or luxurious in dress.
  2. aristocratic or wealthy:

    a silk-stocking neighborhood.



noun

  1. a person who dresses richly or luxuriously.
  2. an aristocratic or wealthy person.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of silk-stocking1

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Example Sentences

They parachuted these silk-stocking lawyers into the area, offer quick settlements and get the victims to sign these waivers.

He crossed his legs and set on his knee an ankle clothed in a purple silk stocking.

About you, forsooth; Im drawing up a hole in your white silk stocking.

While you may lose some votes from the ‘near-silk stocking’ class, yet for every vote so lost hundreds will rally to you.

First they saw Persis' slipper, a golden slipper on a slim, gold-silk stocking.

She sat with crossed knees, slowly balancing a foot in silk stocking and grey shoe, sure sign that she was dreaming.

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