1) Argyle dealer 2) Argyle maker 3) Dealer in socks and stockings 4) Dealer in stockings 5) Maker of knitted goods 6) Market keeper 7) Merchant stocking stockings 8) Nylon dealer 9) Occupational surname 10) One ankle-deep in socks 11) One in the stocking trade 12) One stocking stockings 13) Seller of stockings 
maker of socks and stockings.
• (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
Ho'sier noun One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose. 
[n] - a tradesman who sells hosiery (and (in England) knitwear)
a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.