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Meanings of hosiery in English

Russian
чулочные изделия
Catalan
calceteria
Spanish
calcetería
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Leg coverings, sometimes woven in one with panties, that extend to the ankle and usually cover the foot; generally knitted or woven, sheer or opaque, and of lightweight or heavy fabric.

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        чулочные изделия
        Catalan
        calceteria

        Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)

              calceteria
              Usage of hosiery in English
              1
              Suppose a woman came in with hosiery of the value of 5s.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              2
              This time he entered the double shop-thehosiery division of it-withouthesitation.
              Hide and Seek
              3
              I have a profit on the goods, but not on the hosiery.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              4
              I have knitted for 20 years all sorts of articles of hosiery.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              5
              We are forced to take the hosiery as a matter of business.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              6
              He would not expect to get a profit on the hosiery also.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              7
              The company makes shirtings, sheetings, cotton flannels, and cotton and merino hosiery.
              The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1884
              8
              Money payments are the rule in your shop, and hosiery the exception?-Yes.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              9
              On the hosiery?-Not so much on the hosiery as on the goods.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              10
              Do you buy some hosiery?-A little; and we buy eggs as well.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              11
              In selling hosiery, do you put a profit upon it?-By no means.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              12
              Are there other merchants in Unst besides Mr. Jamieson who buy hosiery?-Yes.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              13
              Do you purchase hosiery at Greenbank?-We do very little in that way.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              14
              How have you been paid for your hosiery?-Either in money or goods.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
              15
              Shulman thinks that a similar economic revolution in hosiery may be happening now.
              The Guardian
              16
              There is often a long settlement in the payment for the hosiery too.
              Second Shetland Truck System Report
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              Translations for hosiery
              Catalan
              calceteria
              Hosiery through the time
              Hosiery across language varieties
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