STOCKING
ADJECTIVES
1898 ► standing in one’s stockings, without shoes → BARE-VAMPED → Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1225 ► that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock → VAMP → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1425 ► that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock → VAMPEY → VAMPY → obs.
1430 ► that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock → VAMPETH
1565 ► a stocking → NETHERSTOCK → obs.
1591 ► a stocking → NETHER-STOCKING → obs.
1615 ► a footless stocking worn over the shoes as a gaiter, or to protect the arms → SCOGGER → Sc. & Eng. dial.
L17 ► yarn, coarse worsted, ordinary or old stockings → QUEER DRAWERS → UK criminals’ sl.
1700 ► a stocking (possible error for vampeis or vampeys) → VAMPER → obs.
1781 ► stockings → GAM-CASES → sl.
1791 ► stockings → LEG-BAGS → US sl.
1808 ► hose without feet → HAIRY MOGGANS → HAIRY MOOGANS → Sc.
1869 ► the leg of a stocking without the foot → THREHEEN → Ireland
1885 ► a hole in a sock or stocking through which the skin shows → POTATO → sl.
1887 ► stockings → OLIVERS → tramps’ sl.
1892 ► stockings without feet → MALTHING → Eng. dial.
1898 ► stockings → BAXEN → Eng. dial.
L19 ► a stocking → SILAS HOCKING → theatrical rhyming sl.
1904 ► the raised border on the top of a stocking → RIE → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► stockings without feet → SANKERS → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► a hole in the heel of a stocking → TATIE-HEEL → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 ► red stockings worn by women → RAILWAYS → railwaymen’s usage
1930 ► stockings, socks → LEG SACKS → African-American sl.
1940 ► a hole in one’s stocking or sock → POP-POP → Irish sl.
1940 ► a hole in one’s stocking or sock → POPPY → Irish sl.
1947 ► cotton stockings → JUTE NYLONS → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1960 ► a hole in a stocking or sock though which the skin shows → SPUD → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1825 ► a knitter of stockings → WABSTER → Sc.
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