stocking feet

1. Wearing socks or stockings, but not shoes, as in I got locked out of the house in my stocking feet. [First half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

Earlier in the week, Phillips stood in a state legislator’s kitchen in his stocking feet.

From Seattle Times

If McCarthy’s voice is any indication, he’s still limber enough to outrun an aggrieved cheetah in his drawers and stocking feet.

From New York Times

By the eighth inning both Nagels, father and son, were in stocking feet, one rally shoe atop each of their heads.

From Seattle Times

A textile conservator named Julia Brennan and her assistant stand in stocking feet and consider a silk shirtdress displayed on a dressmaker’s form.

From Washington Post

You’re on the floor of your preschool classroom, on a mat, in stocking feet, a thin blanket pulled over you.

From Washington Post