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clincher

[ klin-cher ]

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.


clincher

/ ˈklɪntʃə /

noun

  1. informal.
    something decisive, such as a fact, score, etc
  2. a person or thing that clinches


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Word History and Origins

Origin of clincher1

1485–95; variant of Middle English clencher ( clench + -er 1 )

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Example Sentences

This was a clincher—assorted worthies sent their own medals back in protest but everyone else was delighted.

The real clincher, though, is that their only instruments are a drum set and dozens of beer bottles.

The doubling of images of, say, the finger when the eyeball is pressed, is frequently proffered as a clincher.

In the South an expression of this kind is very often added on as a sort of clincher to give emphasis.

This last was a clincher and the obscurantic antisalts received the deathblow they richly deserved.

And he backed his assertion with an oath, swallowing off the contents of his glass by way of a clincher.

It is a clincher which no sophistry can set aside, no reasoning can grapple with, and no logic overthrow.

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