sockdologer
sockdolager
/ (sɒkˈdɒlədʒə) /
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noun slang, mainly US
a decisive blow or remark
an outstanding person or thing
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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
Words nearby sockdologer
sociosexual, sociotechnological, sock, sock away, sockdolager, sockdologer, sockeroo, socket, socket wrench, sockeye, sockeye salmon
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Example sentences from the Web for sockdologer
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 River|Frederick S. DellenbaughBut his further utterance was stopped by the little drummer springing up and dealing him a 'sockdologer' under the ear.
Soldiering in North Carolina|Thomas Kirwan"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