wear yellow stockings

English

Etymology

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Verb

wear yellow stockings (third-person singular simple present wears yellow stockings, present participle wearing yellow stockings, simple past wore yellow stockings, past participle worn yellow stockings)

(idiomatic, obsolete) be jealous

References

“wear yellow stockings” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

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