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Word: stockinged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Leon was a droll and imaginative fellow, the bored guards agreed. The French police had first become acquainted with Léon's imagination six years before, after they had found the nude body of a White Russian countess lying in the Paris-Brussels road. The countess, who had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Droll Fellow | 1/14/1952 | See Source »

And made him the heel of the Christmas stocking.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EI Christmas Cale | 12/22/1951 | See Source »

Last night, however, was punctured only by an occasional shattered window, and the cries of gamins running through the Yard and Houses collecting treats. Hallowe'en wore a muffler and walked in stocking feet through Cambridge last night.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hallowe'en a Hushed Holiday Here | 11/1/1951 | See Source »

Bergdorf vendeuses are well paid for their harrowing jobs (up to $15,000 a year in commissions). One rich buyer, who used to spend more than $100,000 a year in the store, would make the rounds after a shopping tour handing out $8,000 in tips. But recently such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Fifth Avenue's Finest | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

In the meantime, the MacKenzie tie--a thin bow-tie--is being sold all over the country with New Haven stores about to start stocking it for Yale. Ten stores in Los Angeles and three in Texas carry the ties, about 12,000 of which have been sold.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Busy School Tie-Men Consider Selling Out Cash-Making Venture | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

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