silk-stock·ing /ˈsɪlkˈstɑkɪŋ/
(a.)穿綢襪的,貫族一般的,奢華的
Silk-stock·ing, a. Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly worn chiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way of reproach.
[They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers. --Jefferson.
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