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Longstocking B.C., Slang, Hist. 
n. See 1957 quote.
- 1955 These are the heads of old English households . . . [who] live at peace with their neighbors and are known somewhat affectionately as Longstockings . . . from their habit of wearing knickbockers . . . short puttees and sturdy ankle boots.
- 1955 Ex-officers of the British imperial forces still trickle into the Cowichan [Valley, B.C.], but they are different than the old Longstockings.
- 1957 "Guess they think they're Longstockings. At Skomish the upper class English were called Longstockings because most of the men and boys wore knickers or riding breeches, with long knitted stockings."
- 1955 These are the heads of old English households . . . [who] live at peace with their neighbors and are known somewhat affectionately as Longstockings . . . from their habit of wearing knickbockers . . . short puttees and sturdy ankle boots.