stocking
Example Sentences
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He listed the goodies money could buy: sausages, ham, coffee, bacon, soap, ladies’ stockings.
No. “We didn’t know if we should stop you,” said the older woman, “but we wanted you to know you have a run in your stocking.”
She moved around all right, even though her legs were always covered with thick stockings.
From Literature
At the Apollo Depot Military Outlet in downtown Oceanside on Friday, Sam Esparza, 32, was stocking a display case with pins and checking inventory.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. is already stocking up on drones, particularly cheap models made by American companies that can quickly be moved to the field.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
