subs. (common).—1.  A fool, sloven, or lout: a general term of contempt. Also SOCKIE and SOCKHEAD.

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  1772.  BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 4.

        The rabble then began to swear,
What the old SOCKER said was fair.

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  2.  (originally Harrow: now general).—Association Football: cf. RUGGER. Also SOCCER.

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  1896.  Tonbridgian, 339. Hartley has been playing very well this season, and has also become a great half-back at SOCKER.

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  1897.  Felstedian, Nov. 194. In SOCCER, with old Blues up, we ought to be very strong.

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  1902.  Pall Mall Gazette, 2 Jan., 9, 2. The article, which deals with both forms of the English game—SOCCER and rugger—proves to the hilt, &c.

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