thigh-high

Definitions

1. 1

   A hold-up stocking.

   • My bureau drawers were knotted with nylon stockings and "thigh hi's," my closet was cluttered with little pointed shoes.
   • Every once in a while a girl has to stop brooding over gender injustice, start thinking about sexual revenge, and slip into her thigh-highs and stiletto heels to lure a few dopes to destruction.
   • The resulting outfit: a cape, a breath-stealing corset, and a sheer black skirt atop a black vinyl thong and fishnet thigh-highs.
2. 2

   That is at thigh level

   That is at thigh level; that reaches up to thigh level.

   • Ashley: If you expect to get me in a tinfoil miniskirt and thigh-high boots, I want dinner first.
   • Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.
3. 3

   Up to the thigh.

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