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bluestock·ing
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. [after Bluestocking society, 18th century literary clubs, some of whose members wore informal attire often including blue worsted stockings] : a woman having or pretending to have intellectual interests or literary tastes : a female scholar
< she was sensitive, percipient, but in no sense a bluestocking — George Mallaby >
2. [so called from the color of its legs] : the avocet (Recurvirostra americana) of No. America |