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silk-stock·ing
/ˈsɪlkˈstɑkɪŋ/
(
a
.)穿綢襪的,貫族一般的,奢華的
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Silk-stock·ing
,
a.
Wearing
silk
stockings
(
which
among
men
were
formerly
worn
chiefly
by
the
luxurious
or
aristocratic
);
hence
,
elegantly
dressed
;
aristocratic
;
luxurious
; --
chiefly
applied
to
men
,
often
by
way
of
reproach
.
[They]
will
find
their
levees
crowded
with
silk-stocking
gentry
,
but
no
yeomanry
;
an
army
of
officers
without
soldiers
.
--
Jefferson
.
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