bobby-socked

alternative bobby-soxed

1. not comparableWearing a bobby sock or socks.

   P. J. stuck an impeccably loafered-and-bobby-socked foot upon the desk and glared at it.

   1944 October, Clariss Ross, “Northwestern for Its Pretty Girls”, in Justine Miller, Charlotte Rogers, editors, Purple Parrot, volume XXIV, number 1, Evanston, Ill.: Student Publishing Company, Northwestern University, →OCLC, page 4, column 2

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   We would spend incredible mornings on spectacularly scenic byways, stopping at a different diner--although each seemed to have bobby-socked waitresses, Formica counters and “Chapel of Love” on the jukebox--every day at lunchtime.

   1999 July 29, David Colker, “Southland Roadside Stops for Those With a Taste for the Authentic”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2024

   Although the resurrection proved fleeting, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, along with Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, keeps on tooting, its members still in fedoras and sharp slacks and still inviting listeners to pop their elbows and kick their bobby-socked feet.

   2009 July 16, Amanda Petrusich, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2016

   On an auditorium stage, a series of sweetly corny, retro-style performances takes place: a trio of crooning letter-sweater-wearing boys; a rhinestone-suited Elvis impersonator; a crew of clean-cut, poodle-skirted, bobby-socked dancers.

   2020 April 13, Naomi Fry, “‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ a Human Tale of Reproductive Rights”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2020