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BOBBYSOXER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bobbysoxer mean?
• BOBBYSOXER (noun)
The noun BOBBYSOXER has 1 sense:
1. an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)
Familiarity information: BOBBYSOXER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bobby-socker; bobbysoxer
Hypernyms ("bobbysoxer" is a kind of...):
jeune fille; lass; lassie; young girl (a girl or young woman who is unmarried)
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