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stockinged

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stock·ing  (stkng)
n.
1. A close-fitting, usually knitted covering for the foot and leg made from nylon, silk, cotton, wool, and similar yarns.
2. An item resembling this covering.
[From dialectal stock, from Middle English stokke, leg covering, probably from stok, stock; see stock.]
stockinged adj.
stockinged [ˈstɒkɪŋd]
adj
wearing stockings or socks
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stockinged - wearing stockings; "walks about in his stockinged feet"
unshoed, unshod - not shod


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I felt worse and worse --at last I got up, dressed, and softly going down in my stockinged feet, sought out my stepmother, and suddenly threw myself at her feet, beseeching her as a particular favor to give me a good slippering for my misbehavior; anything indeed but condemning me to lie abed such an unendurable length of time.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
He was awaked at seven by the loud ringing of a bell, and by a quarter to eight they were all dressed and hurrying downstairs in their stockinged feet to pick out their boots.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Prince Andrew smiled involuntarily as he looked at the artillery officer Tushin, who silent and smiling, shifting from one stockinged foot to the other, glanced inquiringly with his large, intelligent, kindly eyes from Prince Andrew to the staff officer.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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