stocking mask

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noun

a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.

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Origin of stocking mask

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM stocking mask

stocking-masked, adjective

Words nearby stocking mask

stockinged, stockinger, stocking feet, stocking filler, stocking frame, stocking mask, stocking stitch, stocking stuffer, stock in trade, stockish, stockist

How to use stocking mask in a sentence

A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
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A stocking stuffed with $324,000 in easily negotiable $20 bills weighs 132 pounds.
Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving|P. J. O’Rourke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
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In fact, what this map really showed was the fallacy of aggregates – and how statistics can mask real cultural shifts.
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This candle may just be the perfect stocking stuffer or gift for a dear friend.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Taylor Swift in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He laid it upon the floor, and took out a plaster mask, and brushing and blowing off the saw-dust, held it up.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Aristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for stocking mask

stocking mask

noun

a nylon stocking worn over the face by a criminal to disguise the features

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