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Sockdolager
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Something unusually large.
(2):
(n.) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
(3):
(n.) That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sockdolager'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sockdolager.html. 1828.