Definition of "knee-high" []

• Reaching up to the knees: a knee-high table. (adjective)
• A sock or stocking that extends just below the knee. (noun)

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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."
• "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."
• "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."