The word "sock" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the item of clothing which covers the foot and lower leg, or to refer to a similar item made out of material other than fabric. For example, "I like to wear thick wool socks on cold winter days."
While no gun was found on him, a handgun in a sock was discovered on grassland about four metres (14ft) from his body.
The report concluded there was "no credible evidence" to uphold complaints by Duggan's family that police had relocated the firearm in the sock, that officer V53 did not fire live shots in the belief Duggan was pointing a firearm at him, and that he did not use lawful force.
Or something … Like the 'put your cock in a sock for ball cancer' campaign before it and the myriad other attention-seeking memes … the Coke/boob challenge allows people to show off their best assets while pretending that they give a shit.
One of the bikers said they had been searched by the Poles "down to the last sock" before being turned away.
In a neighbour's home Roberts' DNA was found on a sock that contained a further five shells, it is claimed.
The court had heard he was paid £1,000 for a story headlined "Suicide Brady hid pills in his sock" in February 2008, a month after he first made contact with Panton.
Let the ankle sock and the fro shine.
"Bit of bubble wrap, then put them in a sock," he says.
The gun never left Natalie's bag, where it was wrapped in a sock, but the warden reported the incident and the police found it in searching the couple.
Wikipedia says that "sock-puppetry" – creating a fake online identity "for an improper purpose, such as to mislead other editors, disrupt discussions, distort consensus or avoid sanctions" – is not permitted.
Shapps's office was contacted by the Guardian a week ago, at 1pm on Wednesday 15 April, to explain that Wikipedia appeared to be dealing with a case of sock-puppeting by the chairman or someone working for him.
