sockies

English

Alternative forms

• socksies

Etymology

From sock +‎ -ies.

Noun

sockies pl (plural only)

1. (childish) Socks.
   • 1979, Charles M[onroe] Schulz, Look Out Behind You, Snoopy: Selected Cartoons from Here Comes the April Fool, Volume 1 (Peanuts)‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Crest, published 1982 April, →ISBN:

     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…

   • 2008 April, Mary Jane Maffini, The Cluttered Corpse (Charlotte Adams; 2), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 82:

     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.

   • 2010, Karen Kingsbury, chapter 13, in Take Three (Above the Line; 3), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, page 151:

     “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.”