sockdolager

[ sok-dol-uh-jer ]

nounOlder Slang.
  1. something unusually large, heavy, etc.

  2. a decisive reply, argument, etc.

  1. a heavy, finishing blow: His right jab is a real sockdolager.

Origin of sockdolager

1
1820–30, Americanism;sock2 + -dolager, of uncertain origin

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