an adolescent girl wearing bobbysocks, esp in the 1940s
bobbysoxer in American English
(ˈbɑbiˌsɑksər)
noun
an adolescent girl, esp. during the 1940s, following youthful fads and fashions
Also: bobby soxer, bobby-soxer
Word origin
[1940–45, Amer.; bobbysocks + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, airlift, redline, sealant, whiteout-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)