crew sock

noun

Etymology

From the federal procurement in the United States of the 1940s, as the yeoman would order a type of socks to be worn by everyone of a Navy vessel’s crew—which were then distributed beyond the United States Armed Forces.

Definitions

  1. A sock that extends to the mid calf and is often characterized by being ribbed above the…

    A sock that extends to the mid calf and is often characterized by being ribbed above the ankle.

The neighborhood

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