sollickern.
/ˈsɒlᵻkə/, U.S. /ˈsɑləkə/, Australian English /ˈsɔləkə/ Australian slang.
Something very big, a ‘whopper’.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind
swinger1599
rapper1653
thumper1660
whisker1668
spanker1751
slapper1781
whopper1785
skelper1790
smasher1794
pelter1811
swapper1818
jumbo1823
sneezer1823
whacker1825
whanger1825
infant1832
bulger1835
three-decker1835
bouncer1842
snorter1859
whalera1860
plonker1862
bruiser1868
snapper1874
plumper1881
boomer1885
heavy1897
sollicker1898
sanakatowzer1903
Moby Dicka1974
stonker1987
1898 R. Graeme From Eng. to Back Blocks 82 Who was it I heard that in cutting-out some cattle on one of the Methvin plains, did come down a soliker and broke his horse's knees?
1899 ‘S. Rudd’ On our Selection 64 He kicked Farmer what he afterwards called ‘a sollicker on the tail’.
1939 M. Franklin & D. Cusack Pioneers on Parade 168 She gave me a sollicker of a dose out of a blue bottle.
1956 P. White Tree of Man i. vii. 91 ‘You can jump down, can't you? You're quite big, you know.’ ‘Of course he can... He's a sollicker.’
Derivatives
ˈsollicking adj. ‘whopping’.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > exceptionally large of its kind
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swappingc1440
swappit?a1513
strongc1540
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bouncing1579
swingeinga1592
whoppinga1625
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spankinga1666
whisking1673
swagging1731
skelping?a1786
whacking1797
slapping1825
plumping1832
walloping1847
slashing1854
smacking1888
plonking1896
sollicking1946
1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) x. 155 It was a great big sollicking stitch if ever there was one.
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