sockdolager
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Is sockdolager a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of sockdolager?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.Examples: "He’ll come off as badly as a feller I once hit a sledge hammer lick over the head—a real sogdolloger."; "There is but one ‘sogdollager’ in the universe, and that is in Lake Oswego."; ""I gave the fellow a socdolager over his head with the barrel of my gun,""USdatedslang
2. (US, slang, dated) Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper.Examples: "Hey, Al, thought I'd call you from the locker room out here at Green Hills. Just made a sockdolager hole in one! A hole in one, Al! (etc.)"USdatedslang
3. (US, fishing) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.US
Definition source: Wiktionary