Usually means: Wealthy, elite social class descriptor.
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  1. silk-stocking: Merriam-Webster
  2. silk-stocking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. silk-stocking: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. silk-stocking: Wordnik
  5. silk-stocking: Wiktionary
  6. silk-stocking: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. silk-stocking: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. silk-stocking: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. silk-stocking: Dictionary.com
  10. silk-stocking: FreeDictionary.org
  11. silk-stocking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious.

Similar:
bluestockinged, smock, duchessy, sylphy, spiff, seddity, stilettoed, spinsterly, girly, sissyish, more...

Opposite:
blue-collar, working-class, proletarian

Types:
satin, nylon, spandex, polyester, cotton, wool, rayon, linen, more...

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Similar:
bluestockinged, smock, duchessy, sylphy, spiff, seddity, stilettoed, spinsterly, girly, sissyish, more...

Opposite:
blue-collar, working-class, proletarian

Types:
satin, nylon, spandex, polyester, cotton, wool, rayon, linen, more...



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