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stockingsnoun
One or more pairs of stockings.
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stockings
Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design, and transparency. Today, stockings are primarily worn for fashion and aesthetics, usually in association with mid-length or short skirts.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
STOCKINGS
Woman's only savings for A Rainy Day.
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stockings
Plural of stocking.
One stocking and one stocking equals a pair of stockings.
Submitted by MaryC on December 12, 2015
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stockings in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stockings in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of stockings in a Sentence
OK, Mom, I’m going to put your stockings on, i don’t want to help!
Beth was old style, old-fashioned. So, you know, that means the tree and the presents. All the stockings hung up... SoIm trying to keep that exact tradition.
I know this is a hard time in your life if you’ve lost everything, or you don’t even know what you lost, a few days ago you were celebrating Christmas at home and hanging your stockings and now home and hearth have been destroyed.
Santa would take the cookies out of the stockings and eat them and then fill the stockings with our gifts, the milk came in later years when families realized Santa need something to wash down all those homemade cookies.
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