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(archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious..
June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry [They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.
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Silk-stocking means (archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious..
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June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry [They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.
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