Definition of Body stocking

1. Noun. A one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs).

Generic synonyms: Undergarment, Unmentionable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Body Stocking

body piercings
body plethysmograph
body politic
body process
body regions
body righting reflexes
body schema
body servant
body shop
body shops
body slam
body slams
body snatcher
body snatchers
body spray
body stocking (current term)
body structure
body substance
body suit
body surf
body surface potential mapping
body surfing
body temperature
body temperature changes
body temperatures
body throw
body throws
body type
body waste
body wave

Literary usage of Body stocking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Girls by Dio Lewis (1871)
"... etc—OUTRAGES UPON THE BODY — Fashionable Sufferings—How GIRLS SHOULD WALK—Rubber Boots and Shoes—Woman Tortures her Body—Stocking Supporters—LARGE vs. ..."

2. Christmas Entertainments: Containing Fancy Drills, Acrostics, Motion Songs by Alice Maude Kellogg (1918)
"I wish my son Santa Clans had as fine a gift to put in every poor body's stocking. He is out on his rounds now. but expects to be back, as he said, ..."

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