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   clinker

   /ˈklɪŋkə/

   noun

   • 1. something that is unsatisfactory, of poor quality, or a failure: informal North American "marketing couldn't save such clinkers as these films"
   • ▪ a wrong musical note: "a string breaks, you hit a clinker, you forget where you are in a piece"
   • 2. something or someone excellent or outstanding: informal, dated British "she was a real clinker"

   Word Origin late 17th century (denoting a person or thing that clinks): from clink1 + -er1. clinker2 (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the mid 19th century, clinker2 (sense 1 of the noun) from the 1930s.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • L

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   • I

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   • K

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   • E

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