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sockdolager Definition

☆ sock·dola·ger (säk däl′ə jər)

noun

  1. something final or decisive, as a heavy blow
  2. something outstanding

Etymology: metathetic alteration (infl. by sock) < doxology (in sense of “conclusion”) + -er

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