sock6 (sok)

A dialectal form of sog. sockdologer (sok-dol'o-jer), n. [Also sockdola ger, socdolager, sogdologer; a perversion of dox ology, taken in the sense of 'the finishing act,' in allusion to the customary singing of the doxology at the close of service.] 1. A conclusive argument; the winding up of a debate; a settler.-2. A knock-down or decisive blow.3. Something very big; a whopper. Fit for an Abbot of The leme,... The Pope himself to see in dream Before his lenten vision gleam, He lies there, the sogdologer ! Lowell, To Mr. John Bartlett, who had sent me a seven[pound trout. 4. A patent fish-hook having two hooked points which close upon each other as soon as the fish bites, thus securing the fish with certainty. [U. S. slang in all uses.] =