Collocations for sock - noun

knee, knee-high, long
ankle (esp. BrE), short
thick, thin
white
athletic, gym, sweat, tube (all AmE)
a pair of white tube socks

sports (BrE)
argyle, bobby
dress
cotton
wool (esp. AmE), woollen/woolen, woolly/wooly (esp. BrE)
clean, dirty
old, smelly
mismatched (AmE), odd (BrE)
He wore odd socks, one red and one yellow.

pair

pull on, pull up
pull off
knit
darn, mend (esp. BrE)
He darned his own socks.

drawer
puppet (esp. AmE,often figurative)
He is a man of integrity, not a sock puppet taking orders from above.