- plural of stocking.
stockings
Example Sentences
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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
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
He is also thinking about dropping a lump of coal in the stockings of defense investors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
She had little red flannel stockings and little black cloth gaiters for shoes, and her dress was pretty pink and blue calico.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
