Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedsocks
Literary usage of Bedsocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of a Disappointed Man by W. N. P. Barbellion, Herbert George Wells (1919)
"... for the two old maids in the same compartment with me knitting bedsocks, for
the beautiful Swallows darting over the stream, for the rabbit that lopped ..."
2. A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren Frederic Morton (1920)
"The same month the Red Cross Chapter for Lexington sent out as hospital supplies,
fifty-two bedsocks, seventeen pajamas, fifty-five tray covers, eighty-nine ..."
3. Clothing: Choice, Care, Cost by Mary Schenck Woolman (1920)
"For sleeping out-of-doors in cold weather, in addition to the bed covering, a
warm union suit, a bathrobe, wool bedsocks, and a helmet of wool are ..."
4. Battery Flashes by Cecil W. Longley (1916)
"Give a slight " cant" to the bedsocks, catching them lightly in the right hand,
and drawing them on with a smart forward movement. ..."
5. A "Y" Girl in France by Katherine Shortall (1919)
"... wrappers and bedsocks on, and all the capes and fur coats piled on top.
Somehow we shivered ourselves to sleep. The next morning the sun was actually ..."
6. Report of Officers and Committees of the ... Annual Meeting (1919)
"... articles were donated by local societies for use in the base hospitals and
service houses, in jellies, fruits, and cakes, and fabric bedsocks, ..."
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