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

Words Nearby 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 Coolidge
  • And then the big news broke–the sockdolager had been found–and there was a stampede that went clear to the peaks.

    Wunpost | Dane Coolidge
  • The fight for the sockdolager Mine was on and Wunpost led off up the canyon with a swagger.

    Wunpost | Dane Coolidge
  • This had to be the greatest sockdolager since Goebbels explained Stalingrad.

    Telempathy | Vance Simonds