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silk-stocking

silk-stocking adjective: elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.

Adjective

silk-stocking (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.
    • June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry
      [They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.

Forms of silk-stocking

alternative formsilk-stockinged

Origin of silk-stocking

Among men, silk stockings were formerly worn chiefly by the rich.

Questions about silk-stocking

What does silk-stocking mean?
Silk-stocking means elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.
What part of speech is silk-stocking?
Silk-stocking is an adjective.

Words near silk-stocking in the dictionary

  1. silk-cotton tree
  2. silk-cotton trees
  3. silk-oak
  4. silk-oaks
  5. silk-screen printing
  6. silk-stocking
  7. silk-stocking milk tea
  8. silkaline
  9. silkalines
  10. silke
  11. silked

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