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Sockdolager

/[ˌsɑkˈdɑːɫ.ə.d͡ʒɚ]/ noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument. US, dated, slang

    "He’ll come off as badly as a feller I once hit a sledge hammer lick over the head—a real sogdolloger."

  2. 2
    Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper. US, dated, slang

    "Hey, Al, thought I'd call you from the locker room out here at Green Hills. Just made a sockdolager hole in one! A hole in one, Al! (etc.)"

  3. 3
    A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. US

Etymology

Unknown, 1827 US, presumably fanciful variant of sock (“to hit”); compare contemporary fanciful American coinages. Various speculative etymologies have been suggested, such as corruption of doxology, due to this occurring at the end of church worship, hence “finality”.

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