Meaning of bobby-soxed | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“The honey-hued shoulders, the budbreasts, the brownish fragrance of the bobby-soxed nymphet all are destined to be abolished by the advent of womanhood, which Humbert despises every bit as much as he worships nymphage.”

“When the singer responds violently, Bugs sabotages his concert at the Hollywood Bowl, eventually appearing in drag as a bobby-soxed autograph hunter before becoming the maestro, cutting the figure of Leopold Stokowski.”

“As bobby-soxed, poodle-skirted and bowling-shirted folks arrived at the lodge, they were greeted by Kelly Loporchio and Brittney Peale who were delving out the Black Cows — a concoction of soda, ice cream, chocolate syrup and whipped cream that became a staple of 1950s malt shops.”

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