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)

  1. (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.
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