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Meanings of stockings in English

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Hosiery that covers the feet and legs to the knee or higher.

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        Examples for "stocking"
        Examples for "stocking"
        1
        At the heart of that problem was the stocking rate, he said.
        Radio NZ
        2
        In the late 1980s, schools started stocking fast food and vending machines.
        The new yorker
        3
        It began stocking its library with original films just three years ago.
        Reuters
        4
        And then the toil and self-denial for the stocking and the tree
        The Golden Censer / Or, the duties of to-day, the hopes of the f...
        5
        And he noticed that the other stocking was in the same condition.
        Stubble
        Usage of stockings in English
        1
        Therefore the factories making stockings employ more help, and no unemployment results.
        The Tyranny Of Words
        2
        You wouldn't believe how many stockings and hairpins I've lost that way!
        The frog princess
        3
        In the evening came in by sale of stockings and articles 2l.
        A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. P...
        4
        Ozma wore few holes in her stockings; still, they sometimes needed mending.
        The Emerald City of Oz
        5
        With nervous fingers the woman hung the three stockings near the window.
        And Thus He Came: A Christmas Fantasy
        6
        I will leave you while you dry your stockings in the sun.
        The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2
        7
        Her stockings and moccasins are tan-colored also, the moccasins embroidered in scarlet.
        Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
        8
        Of course I have the shoes and stockings that go with it.
        The Wrong Twin
        9
        Today came in for the Orphans by the sale of stockings 10s.
        A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. P...
        10
        And, besides, the people are poor; they have no stockings to empty.
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2
        11
        At the edge of the fire stood Zura without shoes or stockings.
        The House of the Misty Star / A Romance of Youth and Hope and Lo...
        12
        But of course Lady Sophie-well, she bought her stockings in the city.
        Look Back on Happiness
        13
        White silk stockings and shoes with simple silver buckles completed his attire.
        The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 / Commander in Chief of th...
        14
        She had hardly a covering; no stockings, and only a thin gown.
        Elizabeth Fry
        15
        The mother made stockings, and herself put them on the little feet.
        Mother
        16
        The stockings are padded with cotton, and are tied at the ankle.
        Big People and Little People of Other Lands
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        Stockings through the time
        Stockings across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        Ireland
        Less common