thigh-high

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English

Noun

thigh-high (plural thigh-highs)

  1. (chiefly US) A hold-up stocking.
    • 1987 April 11, Pamela Wescott, “Judy Grahn: Pursuing the Work We Want”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      My bureau drawers were knotted with nylon stockings and "thigh hi's," my closet was cluttered with little pointed shoes.
    • 1994 November 14, Richard Schickel, “Wretch on a Sexual Rampage”, in Time:
      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.
    • 1999, Jennifer Wolff, “Vamping with Vampires”, in Cosmopolitan, Jan 99:
      The resulting outfit: a cape, a breath-stealing corset, and a sheer black skirt atop a black vinyl thong and fishnet thigh-highs.
    • 1999, James Patterson, Pop Goes the Weasel‎, Headline, →ISBN:
      One of them wore a microskirt, and he could see the tops of black or navy thigh-highs as he stopped to pick them up.

Adjective

thigh-high (not comparable)

  1. That is at thigh level; that reaches up to thigh level.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
      Ashley: If you expect to get me in a tinfoil miniskirt and thigh-high boots, I want dinner first.
    • 2010 February 7, Adam Gabbatt, “Snow storms cause chaos on US east coast”, in The Guardian:
      Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow.

Translations

Adverb

thigh-high (not comparable)

  1. Up to the thigh.

References

  • OED 2006
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