Sockdolager

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sockdolager \Sock*dol"a*ger\, n. [A corruption of doxology.]
     [Written also {sockdologer}.]
     1. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser,
        as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.
        [Slang, U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Angling) A combination of two hooks which close upon each
        other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
        [U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Something unusually large. [Slang, U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "sockdolager":
     KO, clincher, conclusive argument, crusher, death stroke,
     deathblow, end-all, ender, final stroke, finisher,
     finishing stroke, floorer, kayo, kayo punch, knockdown argument,
     knockout, knockout blow, last dab, quietus, settler, stopper