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Meanings of knit stockings in English

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Usage of knit stockings in English
1
I go errands or knit stockings, or anything of that sort.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
2
She quilted elaborate petticoats for us, knit stockings for Arthur, and was useful.
The Morgesons: A Novel
3
The mother lit a lamp and sat down at a table to knit stockings.
Mother
4
Lena knit stockings and mittens and caps, and her small fingers flew like birds.
A Little Girl in Old New York
5
She sewed for the officers' wives, she knit stockings and mufflers for the soldiers.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 / A Magaz...
6
The men and women, too, are uniformly well shod, with strong, clean, home- knit stockings.
The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
7
He always walked and knit stockings all the way.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
8
No one wanted home- knit stockings, the English and French and Germans sent us such perfect ones.
A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
9
Her dress had no fashionable trail, but showed her low prunella shoes and white, home- knit stockings.
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls
10
Tillie Bocock was glad to knit stockings for the old witch in return for a plump shoat.
Blue Ridge Country
11
Folks like you don't wear home- knit stockings.
Medoline Selwyn's Work
12
The eldest can sew neatly, both can knit stockings; and all are accustomed to all kinds of house work.
American Negro Slavery / A Survey of the Supply, Employment and ...
13
He is permitted to live on shore; and gets money by employing the other slaves to knit stockings for sale.
Travels through France and Italy
14
Why, I can take in plain sewing, and you can do translations, and mother can knit stockings, and so on.
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
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Cecil told her husband that at Dunstone they made the women knit stockings; and he replied by recommending the suppression of Dunstone.
The Three Brides
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She wondered what little Elizabeth Manning was like, who could cook a meal, work butter, tend babies, and sew and knit stockings.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
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