noun
- something that settles a matter; a decisive blow or conclusive argument
Usage: informal; archaic
Examples
- His final argument was a real sockdologer that won the debate.
- The prosecutor delivered a sockdologer that sealed the defendant’s fate.
- That last piece of evidence was the sockdologer we needed.
- Her comeback was such a sockdologer that it left everyone speechless.
- The team’s final play was a sockdologer that won the championship.