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clang⋅er

  [klang-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that clangs.
—Idiom
2. British Slang.
a. a blunder; faux pas.
b. drop a clanger, to blunder.
Origin:
1945–50; clang + -er
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clang·er   (klāng'ər)   
n.   Chiefly British
A blunder; a faux pas.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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