Meanings
prepositional phrase
- From start to finish.
If two different juries that sat in on the court dealings from soda to hock can't see the same verdict, don't trust no cowhand seventy-one winters gone to judge him.
2008, Richard E. Baker, Letters from Across the Big Divide, page 56
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
In reference to the card game faro, in which the soda is the first card and the hock the last.
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from soda to hock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/from%20soda%20to%20hock
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