Silk-stocking
Pronunciation : Silk"-stock`ing
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly worn chiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way of reproach.
[They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers. Jefferson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913