"sockprint" meaning in English

See sockprint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sockprints [plural]
Etymology: From sock + print. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sock|print}} sock + print Head templates: {{en-noun}} sockprint (plural sockprints)
  1. The impression left by a sock.
    Sense id: en-sockprint-en-noun-dcTVhpaJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Some of the uprights in the banister were broken, and so much of Wheeler’s blood had been spilt that the soles of his bare feet were covered in blood, while the route his opponent had taken downstairs after the fight was over was marked by his bloody sockprints.",
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          "text": "Almost all the prints on the kitchen, dining room and living room floors had been wiped away in what must have been an extensive attempt to cover the killer’s (or killers’) tracks, but three very smeared impressions in the blood remained: two were sockprints corresponding to “a size 6½ to 7½ woman’s shoe or a size 5 to 6 man’s shoe,” and the last one was a sneakerprint of a size that fit a “woman or small boy.”",
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