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SOCKDOLOGER

\sˈɒkdəlˌə͡ʊd͡ʒə], \sˈɒkdəlˌə‍ʊd‍ʒə], \s_ˈɒ_k_d_ə_l_ˌəʊ_dʒ_ə]\

Definitions of SOCKDOLOGER

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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sok-dol'[=o]-j[.e]r, n. (Amer. slang) a conclusive argument: a knock-down blow: anything very big, a whopper: a form of fish-hook. [A corr. of doxology as the closing act of a service.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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