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bobby socks
or bob·by sox, bob·by·socks, bob·by·sox
[ bob-ee-soks ]
plural noun
- socks that reach above the ankle and are sometimes folded down to the ankle.
adjective
- indicating or associated with the wearing of bobbysocks; adolescent:
strictly a bobbysocks crowd; the bobbysocks generation.
bobby socks
plural noun
- ankle-length socks worn by teenage girls, esp in the US in the 1940s
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bobby socks1
1940–45, Americanism; bobby (for bobbed 2( def ), altered by association with bobby pin ) + socks ( def )
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