pick

bobby-soxer

bobby-soxer {n.}

A teen-aged girl. (1940s idiom)

My two daughters, age 13 and 14, are typical bobby-soxers.

Categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

We are in Telegram

Our RSS-feeds

Show All

See as well

bobby

[bobby] {n.} Policeman. After Robert Peel (Home Secretary in 1828). British slang (Wikipedia)

new money

[new money] {n. phr.} People who have become rich recently. * /Since Bobby's father invented a new computer component, Bobby and his family are new money./ Contrast: [OLD MONEY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

play into one's hands

[play into one's hands] {v. phr.} To be or do something that another person can use against you; help an opponent against yourself. * /In the basketball game, Jerry's foul […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at will

[at will] {adv. phr.} As you like; as you please or choose freely. * /Little Bobby is allowed to wander at will in the neighborhood./ * /With an air conditioner […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

Plato

(428-347 B.C.), The Republic, ca. 370 B.C. I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.

Pronunciation Difficulties

Lessons on Pronunciation Difficulties

anchors

[anchors] {n.} Brakes. "Slam on the anchors" to brake really hard.

cheapskate

[cheapskate] {n.}, {informal} A selfish or stingy person; a person who will not spend much. - An insulting term. * /None of […]

dwell on

[dwell on] or [dwell upon] {v.} To stay on a subject; not leave something or want to leave; not stop talking or writing about. […]

leave in the lurch

[leave in the lurch] {v. phr.} To desert or leave alone in trouble; refuse to help or support. * /The town bully caught […]

Mel Lazarus

U.S. cartoonist The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.

flying wedge

[flying wedge] {n.}, {informal} 1. An offensive formation in football in which players link arms and line up to form a "V" […]