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sockdologer

sockdologer is the alternative form of sockdolager.

Meaning of sockdolager

Noun

sockdolager (plural sockdolagers)

  1. (US, dated, slang) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
    • He’ll come off as badly as a feller I once hit a sledge hammer lick over the head—a real sogdolloger.1831, James Kirke Paulding, Lion of the West
  2. (US, dated, slang) Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper.
    • 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.)1953, Ray Bradbury, The Murderer
  3. (US) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.

Forms of sockdologer

pluralsockdologers

Questions about sockdologer

What is sockdologer the alternative form of?
Sockdologer is the alternative form of sockdolager.

Words near sockdologer in the dictionary

  1. sockdolager
  2. sockdolagers
  3. sockdolagizing
  4. sockdollager
  5. sockdollagers
  6. sockdologer
  7. sockdologers
  8. sockdologizing
  9. socked
  10. socked away
  11. socked in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sockdologer (page history and authors); sockdolager (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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