silk stockingn.

Forms: Also silk-stocking.

1. A stocking made of silk; usually in plural.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > other

silk stocking1600

top-stocking1686

moggan1754

Derby rib1778

bootee1844

shank1871

sandal-foot1959

thigh-high1962

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 15 To take note how many paire of silke stockings thou hast.

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. H4^v Haue not many handsome legges in silke stockins villanous splay feete for all their great roses?

1710 Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 Four pair of silk-stockings curiously darned.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1749 I. 108 The silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 709/1 Henry VIII. wore the first pair of silk stockings in England.

a. A wearer of silk stockings. Hence in extended sense, a member of the wealthy or upper class. U.S.

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1891 in Cent. Dict.

1896 Cent. Mag. Nov. 6/2 Another class rejoice in this holiday as an opportunity to sit at home..reading in slippered ease.., or fondling the pet hobby. The ‘people’ call them ‘silk-stockings’.

1903 Independent 12 Nov. 2663/1 The mass of voters look upon him as a ‘silk stocking’—as one who neither understands nor sympathizes with their life.

b. U.S. Politics. (See quots. 1895, 1896 at sense 2a.)

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > member of Whig party > of conservative branch of

silk stocking1840

silver-grey1850

1840 Niles' Reg. (Baltimore) 14 Mar. 22/1 They cried out in derision of locofoco slang—‘Here go the silk stockings.’

1894 W. T. Stead If Christ came to Chicago 36 Hopkins was elected by the silkstockings on the one hand and the short-hairs on the other.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Silk-stocking, a member of a branch of the Whig party in the earlier part of the 19th century.

Compounds

C1. Simple attributive, as (sense 2a) silk-stocking company, silk-stocking gentry, etc. U.S.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > group of

silk-stocking gentry1798

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > of group of

silk stocking1798

1798 Deb. Congr. U.S. 15 June (1851) 1948 If they wished to place them in a ridiculous point of view, or to produce for them the name of the Silk Stocking Company, or any other term of derision, they could not take a more effectual course to obtain it.

1812 Jefferson Let. 11 June in Papers Retirement Ser. (2008) V. 126 [They] will find their levees crouded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry.

1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas iv. 58 You may be called a drunken dog by some of the clean shirt and silk stocking gentry.

1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 93 One-third of them..are sure to catch a cold..from every silk-stocking affair in the winter season.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 344/2 Preparing hard silk..for yarn for the silk-stocking maker.

1874 ‘H. Churton’ Toinette xiii. 154 She had managed to pick up..‘a tolerable English education’,..[possibly] through the charity of some teacher at the ‘Silk-Stocking Academy’, on ‘Gentleman Ridge’.

1903 N.Y. Sun 28 Nov. 4 He is the representative of the wealthy intellectual, the cultured, the ‘silk stocking’ element, for which the people in general have no abiding affection.

1980 Verbatim Autumn 1/2 Next after hill the commonest generic is row (several examples already given). The most frequent response of this type was Silk Stocking Row.

C2.

silk-stocking district n. (also silk-stocking quarter) a district inhabited mainly by supporters of the (Whig or) Republican party.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > member of Whig party > of conservative branch of > district occupied by

silk-stocking district1893

1893 World's Fair Puck 18 Sept. 231/2 Mr. Astorbilt (of the silk-stocking district)—No; I thought I was a thousand miles away from Tammany!

1903 N.Y. Evening Post 30 Oct. 2 Political conditions change even in the ‘silk-stocking’ quarter—the middle reaches of Manhattan, between 14th Street and 96th Street.

1964 Economist 2 May 486/2 Mr Wallace may do well, both in the silk stocking districts, and on the waterfront.

Derivatives

silk-stockinged adj.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing stockings > types of

blue-stockinged1649

socked1788

silk-stockinged1850

nyloned1952

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxvii. 366 John..was leaning against the door pillar, with..his legs crossed; beautiful, silk-stockinged.

1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 34 The languid man's silk-stockinged foot having been re-shod.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	silk stocking
释义	silk stockingn. Forms: Also silk-stocking. 1. A stocking made of silk; usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > other silk stocking1600 top-stocking1686 moggan1754 Derby rib1778 bootee1844 shank1871 sandal-foot1959 thigh-high1962 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 15 To take note how many paire of silke stockings thou hast. View more context for this quotation 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. H4^v Haue not many handsome legges in silke stockins villanous splay feete for all their great roses? 1710 Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 Four pair of silk-stockings curiously darned. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1749 I. 108 The silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 709/1 Henry VIII. wore the first pair of silk stockings in England. 2. a. A wearer of silk stockings. Hence in extended sense, a member of the wealthy or upper class. U.S. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1896 Cent. Mag. Nov. 6/2 Another class rejoice in this holiday as an opportunity to sit at home..reading in slippered ease.., or fondling the pet hobby. The ‘people’ call them ‘silk-stockings’. 1903 Independent 12 Nov. 2663/1 The mass of voters look upon him as a ‘silk stocking’—as one who neither understands nor sympathizes with their life. b. U.S. Politics. (See quots. 1895, 1896 at sense 2a.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > member of Whig party > of conservative branch of silk stocking1840 silver-grey1850 1840 Niles' Reg. (Baltimore) 14 Mar. 22/1 They cried out in derision of locofoco slang—‘Here go the silk stockings.’ 1894 W. T. Stead If Christ came to Chicago 36 Hopkins was elected by the silkstockings on the one hand and the short-hairs on the other. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Silk-stocking, a member of a branch of the Whig party in the earlier part of the 19th century. Compounds C1. Simple attributive, as (sense 2a) silk-stocking company, silk-stocking gentry, etc. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > group of silk-stocking gentry1798 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > of group of silk stocking1798 1798 Deb. Congr. U.S. 15 June (1851) 1948 If they wished to place them in a ridiculous point of view, or to produce for them the name of the Silk Stocking Company, or any other term of derision, they could not take a more effectual course to obtain it. 1812 Jefferson Let. 11 June in Papers Retirement Ser. (2008) V. 126 [They] will find their levees crouded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry. 1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas iv. 58 You may be called a drunken dog by some of the clean shirt and silk stocking gentry. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 93 One-third of them..are sure to catch a cold..from every silk-stocking affair in the winter season. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 344/2 Preparing hard silk..for yarn for the silk-stocking maker. 1874 ‘H. Churton’ Toinette xiii. 154 She had managed to pick up..‘a tolerable English education’,..[possibly] through the charity of some teacher at the ‘Silk-Stocking Academy’, on ‘Gentleman Ridge’. 1903 N.Y. Sun 28 Nov. 4 He is the representative of the wealthy intellectual, the cultured, the ‘silk stocking’ element, for which the people in general have no abiding affection. 1980 Verbatim Autumn 1/2 Next after hill the commonest generic is row (several examples already given). The most frequent response of this type was Silk Stocking Row. C2. silk-stocking district n. (also silk-stocking quarter) a district inhabited mainly by supporters of the (Whig or) Republican party. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > member of Whig party > of conservative branch of > district occupied by silk-stocking district1893 1893 World's Fair Puck 18 Sept. 231/2 Mr. Astorbilt (of the silk-stocking district)—No; I thought I was a thousand miles away from Tammany! 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 30 Oct. 2 Political conditions change even in the ‘silk-stocking’ quarter—the middle reaches of Manhattan, between 14th Street and 96th Street. 1964 Economist 2 May 486/2 Mr Wallace may do well, both in the silk stocking districts, and on the waterfront. Derivatives silk-stockinged adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing stockings > types of blue-stockinged1649 socked1788 silk-stockinged1850 nyloned1952 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxvii. 366 John..was leaning against the door pillar, with..his legs crossed; beautiful, silk-stockinged. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 34 The languid man's silk-stockinged foot having been re-shod. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1600
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