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Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly wornchiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed;aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way ofreproach.

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  1. Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly wornchiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed;aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way ofreproach.