silk stockings

noun

plural of silk stocking
as in haves
a wealthy person made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill

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Recent Examples of silk stockings The record also states that the boys were wearing heavy wool coats and silk stockings in the middle of summer in Philly. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 In Girard’s household, at least three women would have mended his silk stockings and other clothes. — Emily J. Whitted, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
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  1. haves
  2. capitalists
  3. deep pockets
Noun
  • Control is exercised through shell companies and tax haves in Switzerland led by front men who are dual nationals of Iran residing abroad.
    — Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In a dwindling list of haves, the SEC very much remains a powerbroker.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of haves
Noun
  • Indeed, antisemitisms prove that a society can hold contradictory images simultaneously, such as the fact that the Jews are both anarchists out to destroy capitalism as well as capitalists out to exploit the working class.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • But both shows are deeply suspicious of corporate infiltration of the government and how capitalists exploit xenophobia to gain power in America.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 July 2026
Definition of capitalists
Noun
  • The company has deep pockets, massive logistics experience and AWS, its cloud business, behind it.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • The Walmart heiress would bring deep pockets and a local flavor to the Vegas expansion process.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of deep pockets

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“Silk stockings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silk%20stockings. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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