Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Silk-stocking

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Silk-stocking


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(a.) Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly worn chiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way of reproach.