sockdolager
[ sok-dol-uh-jer ]
nounOlder Slang.
something unusually large, heavy, etc.
a decisive reply, argument, etc.
a heavy, finishing blow: His right jab is a real sockdolager.
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How to use sockdolager in a sentence
She followed along behind him, and already in her thoughts she was the owner of the sockdolager Mine.
Wunpost | Dane CoolidgeAnd then the big news broke–the sockdolager had been found–and there was a stampede that went clear to the peaks.
Wunpost | Dane CoolidgeThe fight for the sockdolager Mine was on and Wunpost led off up the canyon with a swagger.
Wunpost | Dane CoolidgeThis had to be the greatest sockdolager since Goebbels explained Stalingrad.
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