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stockingless

stockingless adjective: not wearing stockings.

Adjective

stockingless (not comparable)

  1. Not wearing stockings.
    • Mrs. Flintwinch crossed the hall, feeling its pavement cold to her stockingless feet, and peeped in between the rusty hinges on the door, which stood a little open.1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Mrs. Flintwinch has a Dream”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 1st book (Poverty), page 31
    • Her tremendous, flabby, stockingless ankles bulged over her unlaced hobnailed boots; her dress was torn and unbuttoned at the throat, displaying one of the dirtiest necks I have seen.1901, Miles Franklin, “To Life”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 232
    Synonyms:
    unstockinged

Synonyms of stockingless

Origin of stockingless

From stocking + -less.

Questions about stockingless

What does stockingless mean?
Stockingless means not wearing stockings.
What part of speech is stockingless?
Stockingless is an adjective.

Words near stockingless in the dictionary

  1. stockingfeet
  2. stockingfoot
  3. Stockingford
  4. stockingful
  5. stockingfuls
  6. stockingless
  7. stockingmaker
  8. stockingmakers
  9. stockings
  10. stockingsful
  11. stockish

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