Eton slang. [Of obscure origin.] Eatables of various kinds, especially dainties.
1825. C. Westmacott, Engl. Spy, I. 39. Then, after holidays, Tom … gives sock so graciously, that he is the very life of dame —’s party.
1866. Routledge’s Every Boy’s Ann., 310. Sellers of ‘sock,’ that is, eatables,—sweet mixtures generally.
1881. in Pascoe, Every-day Life, etc. 25. The consumption of ‘sock’ too in school was considerable.
attrib. 1866. Routledge’s Every Boy’s Ann., 194. There’s my old sock-shop.
