Meaning of sockdolager | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
   US, dated, slang
2. Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper.
   US, dated, slang
3. A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
   US

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,"”

“The thunder would go rumbling and grumbling away, and quit⟳—and then rip comes another flash⟳ and another sockdologer.”

““If punching parrots on the beak wasn't too painful for pleasure, I'd land⟳ you a sockdolager on the muzzle that ud lay⟳ you out till Christmas.””

“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.)”

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