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sockdolager

N สิ่ง ที่ ขนาดใหญ่ โต หรือ หนัก กว่า ปกติ sockdologer

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOCKDOLAGER

Sock *dol "a *ger, n. Etym: [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.]

Defn: A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. [U. S.]

New American Oxford Dictionary

sockdolager

sockdolager |sɒkˈdɒlədʒə | ▶noun US informal 1 a forceful blow. 2 an exceptional person or thing. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably a fanciful formation from sock .

sockdolager

sock dol ag er |säkˈdôlijər | ▶noun informal 1 a forceful blow. 2 an exceptional person or thing. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably a fanciful formation from sock .

Oxford Dictionary

sockdolager

sockdolager |sɒkˈdɒlədʒə | ▶noun US informal 1 a forceful blow. 2 an exceptional person or thing. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably a fanciful formation from sock .