sockdolager

[ sok-dol-uh-jer ]

noun

, Older Slang.

1. something unusually large, heavy, etc.
2. a decisive reply, argument, etc.
3. a heavy, finishing blow:

   His right jab is a real sockdolager.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sockdolager¹

1820–30, Americanism; sock ² + -dolager, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

She followed along behind him, and already in her thoughts she was the owner of the Sockdolager Mine.

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And then the big news broke–the Sockdolager had been found–and there was a stampede that went clear to the peaks.

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The fight for the Sockdolager Mine was on and Wunpost led off up the canyon with a swagger.

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This had to be the greatest sockdolager since Goebbels explained Stalingrad.

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