SILK-STOCKING


Meaning of SILK-STOCKING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsilk-ˈstä-kiŋ ]

adjective

Date: 1798

1. : aristocratic , wealthy

a silk-stocking district

a silk-stocking law firm

2. : fashionably dressed

a silk-stocking audience

3. : of or relating to the American Federalist party

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.