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Silk Stocking

Definition: Silk Stocking

Silk Stocking

Noun

1. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Silk Stocking

Synonyms: nylon stocking (n), nylons (n), rayon stocking (n), rayons (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Silk Stocking

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Silk Stocking Sal (1924)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Silk Stocking

DomainTitle

Books

  • Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York City's Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Silk Stocking

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

silk stocking

359

model silk stocking

3

black silk stocking

26

entertainment silk stocking

3

belt garter silk stocking

12

chopin kate pair silk stocking

3

a pair of silk stocking

12

show silk stocking tv

3

cyd silk stocking

8

escort silk stocking

3

sexy silk stocking

7

hosiery silk stocking

3

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7

heels.com silk stocking

3

silk stocking and leg

6

girl silk stocking

2

heel silk stocking

5

silk stocking sex

2

in silk stocking woman

5

silk stocking fetish

2

picture silk stocking

5

silk stocking movie

2

pic silk stocking

4

100 silk stocking

2

black housewife in silk stocking

4

mother silk stocking

2

gallery silk stocking

4

silk stocking white

2

nylon silk stocking

4

red silk stocking

2

heel high silk stocking

3

black fantasy net silk stocking

2

free silk stocking woman

3

foot silk stocking

2

cameo silk stocking

3

foot silk stocking

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Silk Stocking

Language Translations for "silk stocking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i veshur mirë (well-tailored), elegant (chic, courtly, dainty, dashing, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, gallant, genteel, high-toned, modish, nifty, Nobby, Spruce, stylish, trig, willowy). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

елегантен (classy, dashing, debonair, doggy, dressy, elegant, feat, fine, genteel, graceful, jimp, mod, nifty, plush, plushy, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, smart, snappy, stylish, swell, swish, tasty), аристократичен (aristocratic, noble), богат (abounding, bounteous, fat, full, generous, halcyon, heavy, high, lordly, luxuriant, mellow, moneyed, opulent, plenteous, podded, pregnant, princely, prodigal, profuse, prolific, rank, rich, slap up, substantial, wanton, wealthy, well heeled, well off, well-fixed). (various references)

   

German

  

Seidenstrumpf (knee-length sock). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

selyemharisnyás. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ilksay ockingstay

   

Portuguese

  

meias de seda, elegante (attic, beau, brave, braw, cheesy, chic, dainty, Dandy, dapper, dink, dinky, elegant, fashionable, feather, fete, flotage, gentlemanly, graceful, handsome, informed, jimp, knowing, ladylike, light, natty, neat, nifty, Nobby, paste, polished glass, polite, posh, slim, smart, spicy, Spruce, stylish, tasteful, tasty, Tony, trig, trim), bem vestido (braw, Spruce, trig, trim, well-dressed), asseado (clean, dapper, neat, Spruce, tidy, trim, well done). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

элегантный (chic, elegant, gent, genteel, smug, soigne, soignee, stylish), фешенебельный (fashionable, high-class, tony 1). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

svilene čarape. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

elegante (bijou, chic, courtly, dainty, debonair, dressy, elegant, fashionable, Flossy, fragrant, genteel, graceful, handsome, ladylike, natty, neat, nifty, Nobby, posh, rakish, refined, smart, snazzy, sporty, stylish, trim), aristocrático (aristocratic, patrician), aristócrata (aristocrat, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, patrician). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

soylu (aristocrat, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue blood, born in the purple, genteel, gently born, grand, high, noble, noble blood, of gentle birth, of good family, patrician, pedigreed, princely, thoroughbred, titled, truebred, u, well born, well bred), ipekli çorap, ipek çorap, asil kimse, aristokrat (aristocrat, noble blood, patrician). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

фешенебельний (fashionable), заможний (opulent, propertied, prosperous, substantial, wealthy, well heeled, well to do, worth), елегантний (becoming, chic, debonair, delicate, elegant, genteel, graceful, nice, nifty, primp, smirk, spiffed, swagger, swell, well-tailored), багатій. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Silk Stocking

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-g-i-i-k-k-l-n-o-s-s-t"

-3 letters: colistins, linstocks, logistics, stickling, stockings.

-4 letters: closings, colistin, gnostics, kiltings, kitlings, kolinski, lickings, linstock, listings, logistic, oilskins, sciolist, sickling, silicons, slicking, solicits, sticking, stocking, tickings, tickling.

-5 letters: closing, coiling, colitis, consist, cosigns, costing, gnostic, instils, kicking, kilting, kissing, kitling, licking, likings, listing, locking, losings, oilskin, sicking, silicon, silking, siloing, silting, skiings, skiting, slicing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Silk Stocking


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 69 6C 6B      53 74 6F 63 6B 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101001 01101100 01101011 00100000 01010011 01110100 01101111 01100011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#105 &#108 &#107 &#32 &#83 &#116 &#111 &#99 &#107 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0069 006C 006B      0053 0074 006F 0063 006B 0069 006E 0067

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5375787725386816977758073

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Silk Stocking"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albaner, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, német, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiesisch, portugál, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, испански език, испански, spanisch, spanyol, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, турски език, турски, türkisch, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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