sockdologer
sockdolager
noun slang, mainly US
a decisive blow or remark
an outstanding person or thing
Word Origin for sockdologer
C19: of uncertain origin; perhaps from sock ² + doxology (in the sense: the closing act of a church service) + -er 1
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Examples from the Web for sockdologer
Historical Examples of sockdologer
"That must've bin a sockdologer of a dose the Surgeon gave me," he muttered to himself.
Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6)John McElroy
Late in the afternoon we arrived at a much worse place than the Sockdologer, though the fall was not so great.
The Romance of the Colorado RiverFrederick S. Dellenbaugh
But his further utterance was stopped by the little drummer springing up and dealing him a 'sockdologer' under the ear.
Soldiering in North CarolinaThomas Kirwan