silk-stocking
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Etymology edit
Among men, silk stockings were formerly worn chiefly by the rich.
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silk-stocking (not comparable)
- (archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.
- June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry
- [They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.
- June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry