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silk-stocking

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, derogatory, not-comparable

Examples

  • 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.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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