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stirrup stockings

stirrup stockings is the plural of stirrup stocking.

Meaning of stirrup stocking

Noun

stirrup stocking (plural stirrup stockings)

  1. (historical) A type of stocking with no foot, just a strap passing under the foot.
    • He could let me have a pair of coarse, but clean, stirrup-stockings, if I pleased.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...

Questions about stirrup stockings

What is stirrup stockings the plural of?
Stirrup stockings is the plural of stirrup stocking.

Words near stirrup stockings in the dictionary

  1. stirrup leggings
  2. stirrup pants
  3. stirrup pump
  4. stirrup pumps
  5. stirrup stocking
  6. stirrup stockings
  7. stirrup strap
  8. stirrup straps
  9. stirrup vase
  10. stirrup vases
  11. stirruped

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