sockdolager

sockdolager
/sok dol"euh jeuhr/, n. Older Slang.
1. something unusually large, heavy, etc.
2. a decisive reply, argument, etc.
3. a heavy, finishing blow: His right jab is a real sockdolager.
[1820-30, Amer.; SOCK2 + -dolager, of uncert. orig.]

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