bobby socks

Also bob·sox
Or bob·by sox,

[bob-ee-soks]

plural noun

1. socks that reach above the ankle and are sometimes folded down to the ankle.

adjective

1. indicating or associated with the wearing of bobbysocks; adolescent.

   strictly a bobbysocks crowd; the bobbysocks generation.

bobby socks

plural noun

1. ankle-length socks worn by teenage girls, esp in the US in the 1940s

Word History and Origins

Origin of bobby socks¹

1940–45, bobby (for bobbed ² ( def. ), altered by association with bobby pin ) + socks ( def. )