Definition of sockdolager in English:
sockdolager
noun sɒkˈdɒlədʒəsɑkˈdɔlɪdʒər
US informal 1A forceful blow.
Example sentencesExamples
- Get busy, fellows, and let them have something in return for these two sockdolagers.
- His talent was delivering sockdolagers with his rifle butt.
2An exceptional person or thing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Nothing would suit me better than to pull in some of the sockdolagers you'll find in that lake.
- Here was another sockdolager; for, when I began to think about it, I could not remember a thing in the Constitution that authorized it.
- A knock on the head with a stick stilled him, and I had one of the genuine "sockdolagers" of the Indian Lake as my captive.
Origin
Mid 19th century: probably a fanciful formation from sock.
Definition of sockdolager in US English:
sockdolager
nounsɑkˈdɔlɪdʒərsäkˈdôlijər
US informal 1A forceful blow.
Example sentencesExamples
- Get busy, fellows, and let them have something in return for these two sockdolagers.
- His talent was delivering sockdolagers with his rifle butt.
2An exceptional person or thing.
Example sentencesExamples
- Here was another sockdolager; for, when I began to think about it, I could not remember a thing in the Constitution that authorized it.
- Nothing would suit me better than to pull in some of the sockdolagers you'll find in that lake.
- A knock on the head with a stick stilled him, and I had one of the genuine "sockdolagers" of the Indian Lake as my captive.
Origin
Mid 19th century: probably a fanciful formation from sock.