Green’s Dictionary of Slang

boots and socks n.

[rhy. sl. = pox n.1 (3)]

(Aus./UK) venereal disease.

[Aus]Pete’s Aussie Sl. Home Page 🌐 boots and socks: the pox.
[UK]B. Dark Dirty Cockney Rhy. Sl. 27: I went to Amsterdam and all I came back with was boots and socks.