Why, at Camp Ivanhoe, where Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton), resplendent in shorts and long thick socks, oversees his charges.

NEWYORKER: Stormy Weather

Sophie's name, the sound of it in Raisele's mouth, her name said by someone who had seen her, seen her laughing and chasing the chickens, seen her in her flannel nightgown and thick socks, braids one up, one down, seen her running in the yard, ducking Lev Pin-sky's dry red paw.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Away'

She swiftly draws an invisible line around each calf with a lipstick-sized tube and hikes up the thick white socks slumped around her ankles.

CNN: A SOCK TO THE SYSTEM

Whichever you choose, make sure to wear hiking boots and leech socks -- the forest floor is muddy and thick with small, innocuous leeches.

BBC: Malaysian Borneo on a single circuit