New to me, but...

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jun 17 04:45:41 UTC 2014


at least a dozen years old:

CMJ New Music Report - Aug 12, 2002 - Page 7
books.google.com/books?id=3NYI0voWvgwC
Vol.72, No. 8 - Magazine - Full View

... Reindeers(!) are ready to gently _rock your stockings off_ ...

as opposed to the usual "knock your socks off."



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-Wilson
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