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thigh-high, adv. and a.
Brit. |ˌθʌɪˈhʌɪ|, U.S. |ˈθaɪˈhaɪ|
[‹ thigh n. + high adj.]
A. adv. Up to or at the level of the thighs.
1844Cultivator Jan. 21/2 This season I had corn thigh high, when frost came. 1928S. O. Barker Buckaroo Ballads 69 The bunch grass grows thigh-high. 1987‘B. Vine’ Fatal Inversion (BNC) 70 Jeans cut off thigh-high to make shorts. 1996Sun (Baltimore) (Nexis) 4 Sept. 1 d, Harris threw Anderson a fastball over the middle of the plate and thigh high.
B. adj. That is at the level of the thighs; spec. (a) (of footwear or stockings) extending up to thigh level; (b) (of a skirt, dress, etc.) having a hemline at thigh level.
1894Davenport (Iowa) Daily Leader 11 Mar. 12/5 It could be forded almost anywhere by a man equipped with thigh high gum boots or wading stockings. 1966Times 27 July 13/3 Both couturiers produced thigh-high mini-skirts. 1974J. Irving 158-Pound Marriage (1980) iii. 51 Beneath the coat peeked the bottoms of her thigh-high orange stockings. 1997Independent 20 Aug. 12/4 (caption) It doesn't matter if they are skin tight, or flighty and pleated, as long as they are thigh-high. 1998Trav. Holiday Dec.–Jan. 71/1 We're lurching through thigh-high piles of dirty snow. 2003A. N. LeBlanc Random Family iii. 37 The day they met, she wore thigh-high black leather boots with pointy toes.
C. n. Chiefly N. Amer. A stocking extending up to the level of the thighs and having an elasticated top enabling it to be worn without garters. Also occas.: a very short skirt or dress; a miniskirt.
1962Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 30 Aug. 11/4 These thigh highs have an added bonus by providing extra warmth as the weather gets colder. 1966Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 24 July 28/4 The winter styles will have the hem line of demarcation at or slightly above the knee. Designers seem to agree that thigh-highs are unthinkable. 1977Facts on File World News Digest (Nexis) 31 Dec. b1 The newest accessories for 1977 focused on the leg—opaque and textured thigh-highs, knee-highs, legwarmers, leggings and tights. 2002A. Davies Frog King 67 The owner of the voice extruded from the shadows in a red wig and fishnet thigh-highs and bangles aplenty. |