Sockdolager
[sahk-DOL-e-jər]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: American English, mid-19th century
1.
An exceptional person or thing.
2.
A forceful blow.
Examples of Sockdolager in a sentence
"All of the nominees tonight are well-accomplished sockdolagers."
"The baseball hit Randy with a sockdolager that knocked the wind out of him."
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