stocking feet
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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 ● Nov. 28, 2022
By the eighth inning both Nagels, father and son, were in stocking feet, one rally shoe atop each of their heads.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2022
You’re on the floor of your preschool classroom, on a mat, in stocking feet, a thin blanket pulled over you.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2022
Vibe-wise, spending the whole day in your stocking feet is dangerously close to wearing pajamas, and there’s that whole slipping-and-falling thing to consider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
He padded through the doors like a sleepwalker, in his stocking feet, a court officer following close behind him.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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