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Definition of Stockinets
1. stockinet [n] - See also: stockinet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stockinets
Literary usage of Stockinets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Henry Clay by Calvin Calton (1846)
"... mitts, and stockinets, on which his duty was 10 per cent. ; as well as upon
cotton twist, yarn, and thread ; on all manufactures of flax and hemp, ..."
2. Sayings and Doings: Or, Sketches from Life. Second Series by Theodore Edward Hook (1825)
"said the tall gentleman in the stockinets, familiarly, to the head of the house
of Sutherland. " Buz ?" repeated George. " Buz ?" echoed James. "Ay, Buz! ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"civis Romanus "; referees, rouged red as sealing-wax, bellowed in chorus as
minors; private tutors, dressed as genii, in flesh-colored stockinets, danced an ..."
4. Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives by Australia Parliament (1902)
"... and stockings" for the word " hosiery." Sir JOHN QUICK.—I have no objection.
The principal object of my amendment was to free socks and stockinets. о ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"Yes, the more his boys laughed, the more he inwardly chuckled, and the greater
was the danger of a collapse to his stockinets. ..."
6. Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures by George Savage White (1836)
"... stockinets, pillows of fustian, &c., 326 pieces, containing 7823 yards, there *
The difficulties under which these incipient measures towards the ..."
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