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trainer sock en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (UK) A short sock that covers the foot and beyond that not essentially more than the ankle.
    • Next, I copied the standard uniform adjustments: rolled-up skirt, undone top button, trainer socks instead of regulation ankle ones. A girl in my class asked why I didn't shave my legs – I knew how to, right? 2022, Laila Woozeer, Not Quite White, Simon & Schuster, page 85:
    • Pulling my trainers off but retaining my sweaty black Primark trainer socks, I step into the heels, one foot – God, they're high – then the other. 2011, Polly Williams, How To Be Married, Headline, page 135:

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