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- SOCKDOLAGER Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
When a word's origin is simply unknown, as is the case with sockdolager, there's a tendency for folks to fill in the gap with an interesting story, whether or not it can be verified
- sockdolager - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun sockdolager (plural sockdolagers) (US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument
- SOCKDOLAGER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
SOCKDOLAGER definition: something final or decisive , as a heavy blow | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
- Sockdolager - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
sockdolager (n ) 1830, with many spelling variants, "a decisive blow" (also, figuratively "a conclusive argument"), American English, a fanciful formation from sock (v 1) "hit hard," perhaps via a comical mangling of doxology, on a notion of "finality "
- A. Word. A. Day --sockdolager - Wordsmith. org
The word sockdolager has an unusual claim to fame in US history It turned out to be the cue on which John Wilkes Booth fired his shot at the 16th US President, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), in Ford’s Theater
- sockdolager, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
sockdolager, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- sockdolager - definition and meaning - Wordnik
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sockdolager A " sockdolager " is something that settles a matter, as with a decisive blow; it also means something that is extraordinary
- SOCKDOLAGER Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Sockdolager, meaning a "decisive blow or remark," is a 19th-century American original
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