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
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
After the curtain came down, to cheers from the audience, Mr. Mattei sat in his stocking feet in his dressing room and spoke of his road to Wozzeck.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2020
One recent evening, a housekeeper in stocking feet answered the door at Sharon Owsley’s home in Pacific Heights, a three-story house flanked by topiaries.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
“My carriage is large, as you see. And it seemed too fine a day to stay indoors skating around the floor in one’s stocking feet, don’t you agree?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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