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sockeroo

American  
[sok-uh-roo] / ˌsɒk əˈru /

noun

Slang.
  • sockeroos
    plural
  1. a notable success.

    Her performance was a sockeroo.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of sockeroo

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; sock 2 + -eroo


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Watch the old right, keed, watch the old K.O. sockeroo.

From The Five Arrows by Allan Chase

You have missed countless sockeroos already, being cooped up here.

From Droozle by Frank Banta

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