stockinged
Britishadjective
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Without shoes, “the floors and carpets get a liberal sprinkling of invisible microorganisms from the visitors’ stockinged feet, some of which are infection producing,” Peter Slade said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
When she posed for a graduation photo beside her mother, she subverted the solemnity by dropping a stockinged leg into Ursula’s hand, a la Harpo Marx.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
He slid off his hospital shoes—green Crocs—and placed his stockinged feet on the pedals and his hands on the joysticks.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019
The woman teetered dangerously on high-heel sandals, one strap broken, the water lapping at her stockinged feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2017
I know you worried that they would be too big, but they are a perfect fit after I’ve wrapped my stockinged feet in newspapers.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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