sockeroo

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sockeroo
American 

[sok-uh-roo]
/ ;s;k ;;ru /
noun
Slang.
plural sockeroos
a notable success.

Her performance was a sockeroo.

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Etymology
Origin of sockeroo
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; sock 2 + -eroo

Example Sentences
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Watch the old right, keed, watch the old K.O. sockeroo.

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Broadway would have called him a sockeroo.

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