- plural of stocking.
stockings
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Cruisers hang stockings on their doors and fellow passengers roam the halls stuffing them like Santa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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
"I insist the children have coal in their Christmas stockings, which is a luxury item in Wales," he joked.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
He picked up one of the stockings and slipped his hand into it.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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