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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sock that lacks a shaped heel.
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- noun A
one-size-fits-all sock, having a plaintubular shape rather than one designed to match thecontours of thefoot .
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treeseed commented on the word tube sock
A cotton or cotton blend athletic sock that is made without a definite heel area. It is a tubelike shape that is closed on one end to cover the foot as opposed to the crew sock which has a specific curved area knitted for the housing of the heel.
February 19, 2008