bobby-soxer (OED 1944) 1943 _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_ 22 Sept. 1D/1 (Newspapers.com) Donald O'Connor was escorted to a seat in the loges of the Pantages Theater by an usherette of the bobby-soxer type. Fred Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org