[? ellipt. for SOCK-LAMB.] A pet child or young animal.
1837. Barham, Ingol. Leg., Ser. I. Spectre of Tappington (1905), 24. Master Neddy is ‘grandpapa’s darling,’ and Mary Anne mamma’s particular ‘Sock.’
1869. N. & Q., 4th Ser. III. 500. You know you are a little sock!
