Socks on a Rooster (1959)

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SOCKS ON A ROOSTER--200 Google hits, 156 Google Groups hits

   Not in the CASSELL DICTIONARY OF SLANG.
   HDAS?


(GOOGLE)
http://www.southernsass.com/HillbillyDictionary.html
"Sexy as socks on a rooster." (not sexy at all)


(GOOGLE GROUPS)
Re: bray shino glaze recipe
... whether the body is reduced, what its composition is.....there are enough
factors
involved to keep you as busy as you'd be trying to put socks on a rooster.
...
bit.listserv.clayart - Jan 2, 1996 by TROY at JUNCOL.JUNIATA.EDU - View Thread
(4 articles)

Re: Margarita Question
... Throw them in a blender to just cover crushed ice and you'll have one
"socks on a rooster" margaritta your freinds will remember you for. ...
rec.food.drink - May 7, 1994 by Wayne Calvagno - View Thread (9 articles

Flash! 16 not power of 2!
... used octal on their 16-bit processors. This is like putting socks
on a rooster. Octal is incredibly inconvenient when trying to ...
comp.arch - Aug 4, 1989 by David Wright @stellar - View Thread (3 articles)


(WWW.NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM)
Oswego Palladium Times - 8/11/1959
...of New OrleAns, would AppeAr ON him like "SOCKS ON A ROOSTER." (AP
Wirephoto.....HIGHLIGHTS Council AgAin Defers ActiON ON City Employes InsurAnce, PAne
8. OSTC To.....CONfer Degrees ON Aug. 22, PAge 4. T CleAr tONight. FAir And..
Oswego, New York   Tuesday, August 11, 1959  831 k
Pg. 1, col. 1 AP photo caption:
_ALL-OUT CAMPAIGNING_--Louisiana Gov. Earl Long tugs at suspender-hung
trousers as he blasts opponents in his campaign for re-election during Des
Allemands, La. stop on his stump trip.  Long observed that a suit of clothes of
opponent deLesseps Morrison, the well-dressed mayor of New Orleans, would appear on
him like "socks on a rooster."

Frederick Post - 9/10/1985
...A suit ON Uncle EArl would look like SOCKS ON A ROOSTER." cousin And then
CONgressmAn.....Albeit for ONly A frActiON of A secONd. But ON the wAy bAck, I
spilled coffee ON A mAn in.....up A shingle: "CAnAdA open for business." ON
the militAry side, MulrONey tost no time..
Frederick, Maryland Tuesday, September 10, 1985  580 k

News - 11/15/1980
...thAt with sweet DAisy is 'bout like to put SOCKS ON A ROOSTER. A pregnAnt
epigrAm, thAt.....did in school. verbAl diAlogue thAt goes ON in mAny of those
commONly wAtched progrAms.....groups Also vowed to push for higher tAxes ON
oil compAnies in the upcoming sessiON of..
Frederick, Maryland Saturday, November 15, 1980  375 k

Salisbury Times - 8/11/1959
...of New OrleAns, would AppeAr ON him like "SOCKS ON A ROOSTER." (AP
Wirephoto) He.....re-electiON during Des AllemAnds, LA., stop ON his stump trip. LONg
observed thAt A suit.....And swift defeAt, hAd his sights set ON A downtown
New OrleAns rAlly tONight home..
Salisbury, Maryland Tuesday, August 11, 1959  667 k

Gettysburg Times - 11/13/1980
...sweet DAisy is 'bout like tryin" to put SOCKS ON A ROOSTER." A pregnAnt
epigrAm, thAt.....pArticipAted in the fAmed Doolitlie RAid ON Tokyo And went ON
to become Gen. DouglAs.....iA school. -The verbAl diAlogue thAt goes ON in mA
ny of those commONly wAtched rAms is..
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Thursday, November 13, 1980  472 k