Meaning & use
Sockdologizing
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Delivering a decisive, finishing blow or remark; behaving in a way meant to settle a matter completely.
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The old comedy routine ended with a sockdologizing punchline that always brought the house down.
His sockdologizing retort left no room for further argument.
A note on using this word
This rare American slang word is famous as the line from the play 'Our American Cousin' — 'you sockdologizing old man-trap' — being performed at the moment President Lincoln was assassinated.
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clinchingfinishing
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