bobby-soxed

English

Etymology

From bobby sox +‎ -ed.

Adjective

bobby-soxed (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of bobby-socked.
    • 1988 June 5, Erica Jong, “Summer Reading; Time Has Been Kind to the Nymphet: ‘Lolita’ 30 Years Later”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2018:
      The honey-hued shoulders, the budbreasts, the brownish fragrance of the bobby-soxed nymphet all are destined to be abolished by the advent of womanhood, which Humbert despises every bit as much as he worships nymphage.
    • 2013 July 26, Roger Catlin, “Bugs Bunny and the NSO come to Wolf Trap”, in The Washington Post‎[2], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 July 2013:
      When the singer responds violently, Bugs sabotages his concert at the Hollywood Bowl, eventually appearing in drag as a bobby-soxed autograph hunter before becoming the maestro, cutting the figure of Leopold Stokowski.
    • 2010 August 18, David Laurell, “Fifties fun trumps fear of 13”, in Los Angeles Times‎[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 June 2025:
      As bobby-soxed, poodle-skirted and bowling-shirted folks arrived at the lodge, they were greeted by Kelly Loporchio and Brittney Peale who were delving out the Black Cows — a concoction of soda, ice cream, chocolate syrup and whipped cream that became a staple of 1950s malt shops.
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