silk-stocking
Example Sentences
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One of the Assistant Attorneys in the office cautioned Yates against taking the job, telling her that, coming from a silk-stocking firm, she might not be ready to deal with criminals.
From The New Yorker • May 22, 2017
His district — long a bastion of silk-stocking Republicanism — was also changing, becoming more Democratic.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2014
The gravitas she commands as a boldface name, even among this silk-stocking crowd, meant that people wanted her attention as she made her rounds at the conference.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2014
It is an extraordinary fact that the silk-stocking element is often the greatest offender in whispering campaigns.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were not influenced in the least by the silk-stocking reform view of Mr. Platt.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
