in your stocking(ed) feet

in your stocking(ed) feet
in your ˌstocking(ed) ˈfeet idiom
wearing socks or stockings but not shoes
Main entry:stockingidiom

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  • in (your) stocking feet — in (your) stocking/stockinged feet wearing socks or a similar covering on your feet, but not wearing shoes. She crept upstairs in stocking feet so as not to wake the baby. He stood five feet five in his stockinged feet. (= his height was five… …   New idioms dictionary

  • in your stocking feet — in your stocking/stockinged/feet phrase wearing socks, but not shoes Thesaurus: dressed and wearing clothes of a particular typehyponym Main entry: stocking …   Useful english dictionary

  • in your stocking feet — in (your) stocking feet wearing socks but not shoes. They hurried down the hall to the doctor s room in their stocking feet …   New idioms dictionary

  • stocking */ — UK [ˈstɒkɪŋ] / US [ˈstɑkɪŋ] noun [countable] Word forms stocking : singular stocking plural stockings 1) a piece of clothing worn on a woman s foot and leg, held up by suspenders a pair of black stockings 2) a Christmas stocking • in your… …   English dictionary

  • stocking — stockinged, adj. stockingless, adj. /stok ing/, n. 1. a close fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material. 2. something resembling such a covering. 3. in one s stocking… …   Universalium

  • stocking — stock|ing [ stakıŋ ] noun count * 1. ) a piece of clothing worn on a woman s foot and leg, held up by garters: a pair of stockings 2. ) OLD FASHIONED a man s sock a ) in your stocking feet wearing socks, but not shoes 3. ) a CHRISTMAS STOCKING …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • in (your) stockinged feet — in (your) stocking/stockinged feet wearing socks or a similar covering on your feet, but not wearing shoes. She crept upstairs in stocking feet so as not to wake the baby. He stood five feet five in his stockinged feet. (= his height was five… …   New idioms dictionary

  • in your stockinged feet — in your stocking/stockinged/feet phrase wearing socks, but not shoes Thesaurus: dressed and wearing clothes of a particular typehyponym Main entry: stocking …   Useful english dictionary

  • stocking — stock|ing [ˈstɔkıŋ US ˈsta: ] n [C usually plural] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: stock stocking (15 19 centuries)] 1.) a thin close fitting piece of clothing that covers a woman s leg and foot →↑tights 2.) old fashioned a man s sock 3.) in your… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stocking — noun (countable usually plural) 1 a thin close fitting piece of clothing that covers a woman s leg and foot compare pantyhose, tights 2 old fashioned a man s sock 3 in your stockinged feet not wearing any shoes see also: body stocking, Christmas… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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