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sock away
sock in
sockdolager
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sockeye
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socle

so·cle [ sṓk'l ] (plural so·cles)


noun 
Definition:
 
base that sticks out: a base that sticks out from under the bottom of a wall, or the lowest part of the base of a column or pedestal

[Early 18th century. Via French< Latin socculus "small light shoe" < soccus (see sock1)]
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