bobby socks

American  

[bob-ee-soks] / ˈbɒb iˌsɒks /

Also bobsox or bobby sox,

plural noun

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

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adjective

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

   strictly a bobbysocks crowd; the bobbysocks generation.

bobby socks British  

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bobby socks

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

Example Sentences

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bobby socks

Scrappy Marie from Glasgow was edged out by Lulu, with her chipmunk smile, sculpted hair and bobby socks.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

As for making yourself unpopular, you might as well show up to a university lecture wearing Christopher Robin shorts and white bobby socks as be accused of anthropomorphism.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

“The Reynolds Sisters” entertained the church pews in hula skirts and bobby socks.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2016

The girls are kicking up their bobby socks and their skirts are twirling, their Peter pan collars buttoned up.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2013

I stepped forward and caught her, a little brown thing in bobby socks, holding her against me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison