stockings

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Doreen couldn’t wait for the end of rationing, especially for the day when nylon stockings would be available in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 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

"I insist the children have coal in their Christmas stockings, which is a luxury item in Wales," he joked.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Penelope had to tug at the back of her dress to remind the girl to walk on two feet so as not to ruin her stockings.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood