THE SOCDOLAOER.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR ")
Sm,—The author of The Cloekmaker makes use of this word in The Alf ache, or Sam Slick in England:—
"Mr. Slick proceeded to the residence of his Excellency Abednego Layman, who had been sent to this country by tho United States on a special mission. On my return in the afternoon Ire told me he hod presented his credentials to the soedolager." Pray what is the meaning of the so:"
detester?' I asked. never heard the term before."Possible!' said he, 'never heerd tell of the soedolager I The socdolager is the ]'resident of the Lakes—the whale of the internal seas. He won't tale no bait, he can't be caught, nohow you can Sc it, lie is so 'larval knowing and he can't be speared pother.
He ran take iu whole shoals of others hisself tho' at a mouthful. He is a whopper. I call our Minister here " the Socdolager" for our diplomatere were never known to be booked once yet. Yes, be is a socdolager or a whale among diplomaters. Yes, he is an able lead horse is Abednego; he is a'most a grand preacher, a good poet, a first chop orator, a greet diplomater, and a top sawyer of a man, in short—be is a Socdolager.' "
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