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Definition of Sockdolager
1. n. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.
2. n. Something unusually large.
Definition of Sockdolager
1. Noun. a hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow ¹
2. Noun. something exceptional ¹
3. Noun. (US angling) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sockdolager
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Medical Definition of Sockdolager
1. 1. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like. 2. A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. Origin: A corruption of doxology Alternative forms: sockdologer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sockdolager
Literary usage of Sockdolager
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1843)
"off, Mr. sockdolager threw himself back in his chair, with a smile of triumph.
... said sockdolager, with a look of suspicion ; " you are too literal in ..."
2. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"sockdolager, said to be a corruption of doxology, and to have thence derived the
meaning of a final argument or a conclusive evidence, which closes a debate ..."
3. The Humour of America: Selected by Charles Edmunds Brock (1893)
"St. Sebastian sockdolager, Esq., the editor of The National Pop-gun and Universal
Valve Trumpet, sat at a green table, elucidating an idea by the aid of a ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"a.1854 Pray, brethren, that [the devil] may get such a sockdolager ... The successful
fisherman, staggering under the weight of a regular " sockdolager. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Sam caught him a tremendous blow, clean bang in the left eye, one that nearly
knocked him off his pins. Every man in the room heard that sockdolager as ..."
6. Hunting Adventures in the Northern Wilds: Or, A Tramp in the Chateaugay by Samuel H. Hammond (1856)
"Well, I thought of the " sockdolager," and that it might be, that just beneath
me, he of the Indian Lake might be reposing; so I fastened a small trout I ..."
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