- bobby-soxer
- {n.} A teen-aged girl. (1940s idiom) * /My two daughters, age 13 and 14, are typical bobby-soxers./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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Bobby soxer — was a term coined in the 1940s to describe the overly zealous, usually teenage, fans of singer Frank Sinatra, the first singing teen idol. By the 1950s, fashionable teen girls wore poodle skirts while rolling their socks down to ankle level.In… … Wikipedia
bobby-soxer — ☆ bobby soxer or bobbysoxer [bäb′ēsäks΄ər ] n. Informal esp. in the 1940s, a girl in her early teens, esp. one who conformed to adolescent fads * * * … Universalium
bobby-soxer — ☆ bobby soxer or bobbysoxer [bäb′ēsäks΄ər ] n. Informal esp. in the 1940s, a girl in her early teens, esp. one who conformed to adolescent fads … English World dictionary
bobby-soxer — {n.} A teen aged girl. (1940s idiom) * /My two daughters, age 13 and 14, are typical bobby soxers./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bobby-soxer — noun A teen aged girl. (1940s idiom) My two daughters, age 13 and 14, are typical bobby soxers … Словарь американских идиом
bobby-soxer — noun Date: 1944 an adolescent girl … New Collegiate Dictionary
bobby soxer — n American a teenage girl. The phrase referred to the short white socks worn as part of a standard ensemble in the 1930s and 1940s. The term itself survived until the 1960s … Contemporary slang
bobby-soxer — noun N. Amer. informal, dated a teenage girl … English new terms dictionary
bobby-soxer — bob·by sox·er … English syllables
bobby-soxer — Adolescent girl following teenage fashions [Old f.] … A concise dictionary of English slang
