knee-marks

Updated: May 17, 2025

One pair was a trifle short in the legs, while the other they of the too-low knee-marks were turned up an inch or two above the shoes: a style which in itself may seem to savor of affectation, and yet, taken with the wearer on this occasion, dispelled suspicion.

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches