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Etymology

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From stocking +‎ -less.

Adjective

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stockingless (not comparable)

  1. Not wearing stockings.
    Synonym: unstockinged
    • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Mrs. Flintwinch has a Dream”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, [], published 1857, →OCLC, book the first (Poverty), page 31:
      Mrs. Flintwinch crossed the hall, feeling its pavement cold to her stockingless feet, and peeped in between the rusty hinges on the door, which stood a little open.
    • 1901, Miles Franklin, “To Life”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 232:
      Her tremendous, flabby, stockingless ankles bulged over her unlaced hobnailed boots; her dress was torn and unbuttoned at the throat, displaying one of the dirtiest necks I have seen.

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