stocking feet
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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 ● Jul. 12, 2022
Sellars recalls that when they were working on “Lagrime di San Pietro,” Gershon would walk around the performance in his stocking feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Last month, in Minneapolis, I climbed the stairs of a row house to find Al Franken, Minnesota’s disgraced former senator, wandering around in jeans and stocking feet.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
They walked across the grass of the stadium in black stocking feet.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
Luma had a few extra pairs of used soccer cleats; she waved over the young man in stocking feet and placed her foot next to his as a reference.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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