1) sockdolager sok dolledgr (noun) : a heavy or knock-down blow : exceptional in any respect A combination of sock, meaning to give somebody a blow, with doxology, the little hymn of praise sung towards the end of a church service.
2) tchotchke CHACH-kuh (noun) : a trinket; knickknack. From Yiddish tshatshke (trinket), from obsolete Polish czaczko.
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1) derringdo derring doo (noun) : boldness, or acts of great daring (literary)
Late 16th century. Alteration of earlier dorring don "daring to do," which was erroneously printed in 16th- century editions of medieval works as derrynge do and interpreted as a noun.
2) foozle fooz'l (intransitive verb) : to do something badly or clumsily, especially to bungle a shot in golf
Mid-19th century. Origin uncertain: perhaps from German dialect fuseln "to do bad work."
1) What is the one word in the English language that ends in -mt?
2) What is the only word that has three consecutive sets of double letters?
3) What word changes its meaning when the first letter is capitalized?
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1) Dreamt is the only word that ends in -mt.
2) The only word that has three consecutive sets of double letters is bookkeeper.
3) The word is "Polish." When it is capitalized, it means "relating to or coming from Poland"; when it is lowercased, it refers to what one uses to shine cars, furniture, etc.