clincher
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tʃər noun
1.
a person or thing that clinches.
2.
a statement, argument, fact, situation, or the like, that is decisive or conclusive: The heat was the clincher that made us decide to leave the city.
3.
a nail, screw, etc., for clinching.
4.
Automotive. a clincher tire.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | informal something decisive, such as a fact, score, etc |
| 2. | a person or thing that clinches |
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Word Origin & History
clincher
1495, a class of shipyard worker, from clinch. As a type of nail, from 1735; as a conclusive statement, argument, etc., 1737.
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Slang Dictionary
clincher definition[ˈklɪntʃɚ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The real clincher is the coincident numeric value of the flattening.
Headsets, cameras or fake body parts fooled the eyes, and synchronous strokes and prods added a tactile clincher.
There is something to such arguments, but none is a clincher.
But the lower cost of doing business and a streamlined business environment was the clincher.
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