- plural of stocking.
stockings
Example Sentences
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Back in the States several months later I mailed her three pairs of nylon stockings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Meanwhile, investors may be hoping for some gold and silver in their Christmas stockings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Wall Street’s bankers can expect a little something extra in their stockings this year, but there’s a murkier outlook for 2026.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
I can't even begin to imagine what I look like: mismatched clothes, my hair loose and tangled, a run in my stockings.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
