The meaning of Clinker
Clinker – definition
nounThe stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace.
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The expected decrease of duty on cement and clinker from rs 400 per tonne to rs 350 per tonne didn'…
nounSomething that is unsatisfactory, of poor quality, or a failure.
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Marketing couldn't save such clinkers as these filmsnounSomething or someone excellent or outstanding.
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She was a real clinker
nounThe ash (= powder) and rough, hard pieces that remain after coal has been burned
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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.
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