silk-stocking
rich or luxurious in dress.
aristocratic or wealthy: a silk-stocking neighborhood.
a person who dresses richly or luxuriously.
an aristocratic or wealthy person.
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How to use silk-stocking in a sentence
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.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayAbout 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.
David Dunne | Belle Kanaris ManiatesFirst they saw Persis' slipper, a golden slipper on a slim, gold-silk stocking.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
She sat with crossed knees, slowly balancing a foot in silk stocking and grey shoe, sure sign that she was dreaming.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John Galsworthy
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