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stirrup stocking
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Noun
stirrup stocking (plural stirrup stockings)
- (now historical) A type of stocking with no foot, just a strap passing under the foot.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- He could let me have a pair of coarse, but clean, stirrup-stockings, if I pleased.
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