Antonyms for silk-stocking

Grammar : Noun

Spell : silk-stok-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪlkˈstɒk ɪŋ

Definition of silk-stocking

As in blue blood : noun noble descent
As in right-winger : noun conservative
As in rightist : noun conservative
As in traditionalist : noun conservative
As in conservative : noun person who is cautious, moderate; an opponent of change

Example sentences :

Here is your aristocrat, one of your silk-stocking gentry, at your service.
Extract from : « Lincoln's Yarns and Stories » by Alexander K. McClure

Didnt suppose you silk-stocking bunch in Sohmer ever had to work!
Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour

They were not influenced in the least by the silk-stocking reform view of Mr. Platt.
Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt » by Theodore Roosevelt

I knew both the machine and the silk-stocking reformers fairly well, from many years' close association with them.
Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt » by Theodore Roosevelt

Meanwhile, what became of the once aristocratic Opposition, with its 'silk-stocking gentry,' as they were termed?
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1. » by Various

Synonyms for silk-stocking

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