bobby socks
noun/ˈbɒbi sɒks/
/ˈbɑːbi sɑːks/
[plural]- short white socks worn with a dress or skirt, especially by girls and young women in the US in the 1940s and 50sWord Origincompare with bob ‘the hairstyle’ in the sense ‘cut short’.
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