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bob•by•socks

Pronunciation: (bob'ē-soks"), [key]
—n.pl.
socks that reach above the ankle and are sometimes folded down to the ankle.

—adj.
indicating or associated with the wearing of bobbysocks; adolescent: strictly a bobbysocks crowd; the bobbysocks generation. Also,bob'by•sox",bob'by socks",bob'by sox". Also,bob'sox".

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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