Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Reaching up to the knees.
- noun A sock or stocking that extends just below the knee.
from The Century Dictionary.
- As high as the knee: as, water knee-high.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rising or reaching upward to the knees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Something that reaches to the
height of one's knees. - noun US, usually in the plural A sock or
stocking that reaches to the knees.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb up to the knees
- noun a sock or stocking that reaches up to just below the knees
Etymologies
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Examples
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First Lady of California Maria Shriver hit the polls in Los Angeles on Tuesday decked out in dark duds, sunglasses, knee-high boots and a cross necklace.
Maria Shriver Wears All Black, Cross Necklace To Vote (PHOTOS, POLL) Hilary Moss 2010
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First Lady of California Maria Shriver hit the polls in Los Angeles on Tuesday decked out in dark duds, sunglasses, knee-high boots and a cross ...
Maria Shriver Wears All Black, Cross Necklace To Vote (PHOTOS, POLL) Hilary Moss 2010
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The Night Stalker was wearing a slick all-white dress suit and matching knee-high boots.
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First Lady of California Maria Shriver hit the polls in Los Angeles on Tuesday decked out in dark duds, sunglasses, knee-high boots and a cross necklace.
Maria Shriver Wears All Black, Cross Necklace To Vote (PHOTOS, POLL) Hilary Moss 2010
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As they did, thousands of union protesters stopped or slowed their marching and stood on the sidewalk, separated by a black, knee-high chain-link fence and a scattering of police officers facing the street.
Protests Fail to Sway Wisconsin Governor Douglas Belkin 2011
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Model tall, she's a Greek goddess cloaked in black from the top of her turtleneck to the toes of her knee-high leather boots.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Shows Girl Nancy Ruhling 2012
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It reminded one of the tank of the New York Hippodrome, when the long lines of stage soldiers march down into the water, knee-high, hip-high, shoulder-high, then heads under and are gone.
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But I tell you plain and simple, the best of you ain't knee-high fit to tie Daylight's moccasin strings.
Chapter III 2010
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Model tall, she's a Greek goddess cloaked in black from the top of her turtleneck to the toes of her knee-high leather boots.
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She has them tucked into a banging pair of chocolate knee-high boots.
Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011
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