stocking cap

noun

: a long knitted cone-shaped cap with a tassel or pom-pom worn especially for winter sports or play

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But later, investigators were able to use genetic evidence from a stocking cap found near Schlais’ body to arrest Miller more than 50 years later. Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025 First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap. Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024 Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps. Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024 Then there are some non-edible, but very practical items: his iPad, for example, as well as his trusty stocking cap. Vogue, 30 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for stocking cap

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stocking cap was circa 1897

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“Stocking cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stocking%20cap. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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stocking cap

noun
: a long knitted cone-shaped cap usually with an ornament at the pointed end

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