Dictionary

sockie en · NOUN

Etymology

From sock + -ie.

Meanings

1. (childish) A sock.
   • Jack was more than willing to find some footwear in my apartment. I didn’t care what shoes he selected, as long as they were from the same pair, and I had stipulated that. Shoes are an important part of my mental health. I know that sounds ridiculous, but you try standing up to the police in your sockies and see how you do. 2008 April, Mary Jane Maffini, The Cluttered Corpse (Charlotte Adams; 2), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 82:
   • That was some line drive, Charlie Brown... it knocked your shoesies and your sockies right off! Maybe we should count to see if you still have all your toesies... 1979, Charles M[onroe] Schulz, Look Out Behind You, Snoopy: Selected Cartoons from Here Comes the April Fool, Volume 1 (Peanuts), New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Crest, published April 1982, →ISBN:
   • And she’ll say, “Ooh, look at my baby’s undershirt! What sweet little sockies! What clothesies does my little one want?” ‘All perversion I see! And this lady, doesn’t she have any children?’ 2004 August, Menis Koumandareas, translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito and Vangelis Calotychos, “Pale Face”, in Their Smell Makes Me Want to Cry (Birmingham Modern Greek Translations; 5), Birmingham, West Midlands: Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, The University of Birmingham, →ISBN, page 19:
   • “Down.” Janessa stretched toward the floor, both hands outreached. / “Not yet.” Ashley kissed her daughter’s cheek. “The floor has to dry. Otherwise your sockies will get wet.” 2010, Karen Kingsbury, chapter 13, in Take Three (Above the Line; 3), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, page 151:
   • “Forget about the damn bucket.” She reached out, grabbed her boot out of his hand. / “Don’t forget your little sockie,” he said, and handed her the sock. / “I’ll sock you!” She snatched the sock away. 2002, Edward Lee, chapter 8, in Monstrosity, Abingdon, Md.: Cemetery Dance Publications, →ISBN, section II, page 181:

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socksies