sollicker

[ sol-i-ker ]

noun

1. force; momentum.

adjective

1. very large.
2. remarkable; wonderful.

sollicker

/ ˈsɒlɪkə /

noun

1. slang.
   something very large

Word History and Origins

Origin of sollicker¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of sollicker¹

C19: from English dialect

Example Sentences

Sollicker   Somewhat equivalent to "corker" Something excessive.

From Project Gutenberg

He's a sollicker to stuff when he gets anything he likes.

From Project Gutenberg

When I'm busy fightin' with Dawn, and she's blowing me up for not doing things and tellin' grandma on me, I can't see what the blokes can see in her; but then if I caught any one saying she wasn't good for anything, if he was a bloke I felt fit to wallop, I'd give him a nice sollicker under the ear, an' I wouldn't bother about any other girl.

From Project Gutenberg

He kicked Farmer what he afterwards called "a sollicker on the tail."

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Sure enough, there was the sun half-an-hour high, and Old Sollicker about thirty yards off, and here on the other side was his two horses dodging away from him; and me in a belt of lignum, half-way between; and my twenty bullocks, as bold as brass, all feeding together in the open, a bit to the left of the horses.

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