- fashionably or richly dressed; elegant
- wealthy, aristocratic, or upper-class
a member of the wealthy or aristocratic class
silk-stocking
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silk stocking
noun
A wealthy, aristocratic, or elegantly dressed person.
silk-stocking
adjective
Wealthy; aristocratic: a silk-stocking district; silk-stocking prep schools.
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