sockdolager
Mane (Îngilîzî)
- (US, dated, slang) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
- (US, dated, slang) Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper.
- (US) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
[ˌsɑk.ˈdɑːɫ.ə.d͡ʒɚ]
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)
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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