Sockdolager

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun Something unusually large.

II. Sockdolager ·noun A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.

III. Sockdolager ·noun That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.