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单词 sockdolager
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sockdolager

[ sok-dol-uh-jer ]
/ sɒkˈdɒl ə dʒər /

noun Older Slang.

something unusually large, heavy, etc.
a decisive reply, argument, etc.
a heavy, finishing blow: His right jab is a real sockdolager.

Origin of sockdolager

1820–30, Americanism;sock2 + -dolager, of uncertain origin

Words nearby sockdolager

socioreligious, sociosexual, sociotechnological, sock, sock away, sockdolager, sockdologer, sockeroo, socket, socket wrench, sockeye
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Example sentences from the Web for sockdolager

  • And then the big news broke–the Sockdolager had been found–and there was a stampede that went clear to the peaks.

    Wunpost|Dane Coolidge
  • The fight for the Sockdolager Mine was on and Wunpost led off up the canyon with a swagger.

    Wunpost|Dane Coolidge
  • She followed along behind him, and already in her thoughts she was the owner of the Sockdolager Mine.

    Wunpost|Dane Coolidge
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