stocking
noun
a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
unstockinged
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a word derived from
stocking.
Example Sentences
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She put out the tips of her unstockinged toes.
From Highacres by Harriet Roosevelt Richards
She started up—tore off her cap and her night-dress, and thrust her unstockinged feet in a pair of slippers that stood near the bed.
From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
Her unstockinged feet were thrust into coarse working shoes.
From Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
They wore the same parti-colored handkerchiefs wound gracefully around their heads, the same gingham or muslin dresses, and exposed similar, if not the same, bare arms, and unstockinged legs.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
He is out of bed most of the night, and in unstockinged feet paces the room in apparently not too good a mood.
From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
