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Silk Stocking

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Noun

1. nylon stocking, nylons, rayon stocking, rayons, silk stocking

women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Silk Stocking

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noun
1. 
a lady's stocking made from a very fine material such as silk or nylon
2. US
a contemptuous term for a politician in the 19th century in America
He was a silk stocking in Chicago.

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Silk Stocking

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adjective
1. 
fashionably or richly dressed; elegant
2. 
wealthy, aristocratic, or upper-class
noun
3.  US
a member of the wealthy or aristocratic class

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Silk Stocking

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n.
A wealthy, aristocratic, or elegantly dressed person.
adj.
Wealthy; aristocratic: a silk-stocking district; silk-stocking prep schools.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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