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Stocking vs Stockingful - What's the difference?

stocking | stockingful |

As nouns the difference between stocking and stockingful

is that stocking is a soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear while stockingful is the amount that can fit in a stocking.

As a verb stocking

is .

stocking

English

(wikipedia stocking)

Etymology 1

From . Corruption of old plural (-en), i.e. (stocken), now singular.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A soft garment worn on the foot and lower leg, usually knit or woven, worn under shoes or other footwear.
    • A pair of stockings.
    Usage notes
    * Stocking may refer either to men's socks or to women's hose, but rarely to socks when worn by women. However, this usage appears somewhat variable.
    Derived terms
    * bluestocking * stockinger * stocking filler * stocking-maker * stocking stuffer

    See also

    * hose * sock * pantyhose

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
    • I've almost finished stocking these groceries.

    References

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    stockingful

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the amount that can fit in a stocking
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, title=Merry-Garden and Other Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=For, outside of a stockingful of guineas, all her capital was sunk in Merry-Garden, and all Merry-Garden hung now on the boy's life. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2005, date=December 9, author=Brian Nemtusak, title=Screw X-Mas, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=More talent show than bona fide production, Sweetback Productions' stockingful of hit-or-miss fare would be most at home at a holiday party in an actor's apartment--an impression that the climb to a crow's-nest studio only amplifies. }}