stocking feet



stocking feet

Wearing socks or stockings, but not shoes, as in I got locked out of the house in my stocking feet. [First half of 1800s]
See also: feet, stocking

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ElenEL-enWelsh
Iosifu-Old Church Slavic
Sawyl-Welsh
Anastasah-nah-STAHS (Bulgarian)Russian, Bulgarian
IrisIE-ris (English), EE-ris (German, Dutch), EE-rees (Finnish, Spanish)Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish
Atte-Finnish