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bobbysoxer

American

[bob-ee-sok-ser] / ˈbɒb iˌsɒk sər /

Or bobby soxer,

noun

Informal.

an adolescent girl, especially during the 1940s, following youthful fads and fashions.

bobbysoxer British

/ ˈbɒbɪˌsɒksə /

noun

informal an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks, esp in the 1940s

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Etymology

Origin of bobbysoxer

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; bobby socks + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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And he was a bobbysoxer heartthrob who out-polled Elvis Presley as a teen favorite in 1957, when each had chart-topping songs.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2021

Outside of the Good Morning America studios, the crowd sees the news of its presence there stream across ABC's news ticker, and Kait squeals like a bobbysoxer.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

"It makes me feel good to be looked at," one of them informed a gaping bobbysoxer, "but I wish people would look at my pictures instead."

From Time Magazine Archive

The trouble with the first two radio versions was that they strayed too far from the original of Sally Benson's bobbysoxer.

From Time Magazine Archive

I knew I couldn’t beat the other contestants at their own game, that is, look like a bobbysoxer.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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