blanket sock

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of sock or legging made of duffle or blanketing or wrapped around the feet and legs for warmth in winter.

Quotations

1748

We likewise began about this Time to put on our Winter Dress, which consisted of . . . two or three pair of Blanket, or thick Duffil Socks. . . .

1938

On his feet she wound great blanket socks and folded his sleeping robe about his shoulders.