bobby socks

or bob·by sox, bob·by·socks, 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, Americanism; bobby (for bobbed ²( def ), altered by association with bobby pin ) + socks ( def )