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bobby soxers

bobby soxers is the plural of bobby soxer.

Meaning of bobby soxer

Noun

bobby soxer (plural bobby soxers)

  1. (historical) In the 1940s, a young woman or teenage girl who was a zealous fan of traditional pop, especially of Frank Sinatra.
    • From my mother I’d learned that “nice” people should always frequent “nice” places, but here was Maria, certifiably nice, who relished the diner, twirled on the metal stool like a bobby-soxer, and punched out tunes on the jukebox.1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room Is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994

Questions about bobby soxers

What is bobby soxers the plural of?
Bobby soxers is the plural of bobby soxer.

Words near bobby soxers in the dictionary

  1. bobby pins
  2. bobby sock
  3. bobby socks
  4. bobby sox
  5. bobby soxer
  6. bobby soxers
  7. bobby-dazzler
  8. bobby-dazzlers
  9. bobby-socked
  10. bobby-sox
  11. bobby-soxed

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