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[ silk-stok-ing ] / ˈsɪlkˈstɒk ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR silk-stocking ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiverich or luxurious in dress. aristocratic or wealthy: a silk-stocking neighborhood. nouna person who dresses richly or luxuriously. an aristocratic or wealthy person. Origin of silk-stockingFirst recorded in 1590–1600 Words nearby silk-stockingSilko, silk oak, silk paper, silkscreen, silk-screen printing, silk-stocking, silk-tassel, silk tree, silkweed, silkworm, silkworm moth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for silk-stockingThey parachuted these silk-stocking lawyers into the area, offer quick settlements and get the victims to sign these waivers. BP's Payoffs Backfire|Rick Outzen|May 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST Meanwhile, what became of the once aristocratic Opposition, with its 'silk-stocking gentry,' as they were termed? Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1.|Various Here is your aristocrat, one of your silk-stocking gentry, at your service. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories|Alexander K. McClure Didnt suppose you silk-stocking bunch in Sohmer ever had to work! Full-Back Foster|Ralph Henry Barbour
I knew both the machine and the silk-stocking reformers fairly well, from many years' close association with them. Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt They were not influenced in the least by the silk-stocking reform view of Mr. Platt. Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt
Words related to silk-stockingrightist, traditionalist, reactionary, right-winger, diehard, classicist, moderate, stick-in-the-mud, right, redneck, preserver, obstructionist, aristocrat, noble, patrician, thoroughbred, hard hat, orthodox, unprogressive, conserver |