stocking cap

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Recent Examples of stocking cap Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps. Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024 Then there are some non-edible, but very practical items: his iPad, for example, as well as his trusty stocking cap. Vogue, 30 July 2024 The younger one, who wears a bright red stocking cap, whacks the bear of a guy across his face, sending him careening to the side. Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023 The clues were in the photo George posted to social media announcing the birth: The newborn’s eyes are closed, a stocking cap drooped over one ear, his left hand atop a basketball placed in his lap. Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for stocking cap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocking cap
Noun
  • The Grammy winner was seen wearing a blue jacket, sunglasses and a grey baseball cap.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
  • The video shows the AI version of Pelkey—a burly, bearded Army veteran—wearing a green hoodie and gray baseball cap.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • She was known for appearing in a three-piece suit and a top hat.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • Combined with a bedazzled and whimsical top hat, the shape of the ensemble evoked 18th-century silhouettes.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.
    Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 14 May 2021
Noun
  • In the snap, Harry donned an olive green cowboy hat paired with a gray shacket, dark jeans and a black T-shirt while Meghan turned heads in an off-the-shoulder denim dress from one of her favorite brands Carolina Herrera.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • Statement belts, turquoise jewelry and straw cowboy hats were some of the must-have western accessories.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • This regulatory void raises concerns about exclusions for pre-existing conditions, potential service caps, and the absence of comprehensive coverage for preventive care.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.
    Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
Noun
  • One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.
    Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
Noun
  • There’s no ambiguity, no pretense, just a lunch pail and a hard hat.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
  • One of the suspects was wearing a neon yellow construction worker jacket and white hard hat at the time, police said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Carter Beauford, perhaps the most unheralded drummer in music, busied himself with syncopated patterns and dizzying high hat on the song.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Instead of high hats, use wall washers, which bounce light off the walls and space.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025

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“Stocking cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocking%20cap. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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