variants
or sockdologers
as in beauties
something very good of its kind
the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description
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Noun
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Laneige Water Sleeping Mask Laneige became a household name thanks to its lip sleeping mask, but this overnight cream is no slack with the beauties either.—
Shalwah Evans,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025 -
One of the all-time beauties of film, with acting chops.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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Though her identity is not at first known to Benedict, the woman turns out to be Sophie Baek, a secretive maid with big dreams.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
13 Oct. 2025
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And dreams, especially ones decades in the making, don't end without a fight.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Before Jay Dee became the lead singer of pioneering trap corridos troupe Herencia de Patrones, the artist born Jesús Diego Orejel spent his days picking peaches in Northern California’s vast agricultural fields.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Pears are fleshy pome fruits from the rose (Rosaceae) plant family, which also includes apples, peaches, plums and cherries.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Yeah, who would’ve thought that putting hot stuff up your rectum could be risky.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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But for their own era, the ‘98 Padres were hot stuff.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2025
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“Sockdolagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sockdolagers. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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