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clink⋅er

1  [kling-ker]
–noun
1. a mass of incombustible matter fused together, as in the burning of coal.
2. a hard Dutch brick, used esp. for paving.
3. a partially vitrified mass of brick.
4. the scale of oxide formed on iron during forging.
5. Geology. a mass of vitrified material ejected from a volcano.
–verb (used without object)
6. to form clinkers in burning.
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Origin:
1635–45; < D klinker kind of brick, slag
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clink⋅er

2  [kling-ker]
–noun
a person or thing that clinks.
Origin:
1680–90; clink 1 + -er 1

clink⋅er

3  [kling-ker]
–noun Slang.
1. a wrong note in a musical performance.
2. any mistake or error.
3. something that is a failure; a product of inferior quality.
4. British. someone or something wonderful or exceedingly well-liked.
Origin:
1830–40; special use of clinker 2
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clink·er   (klĭng'kər)   
n.  

  1. The incombustible residue, fused into an irregular lump, that remains after the combustion of coal.

  2. A partially vitrified brick or a mass of bricks fused together.

  3. An extremely hard burned brick.

  4. Vitrified matter expelled by a volcano.

  5. Slang

    1. A sour note in a musical performance: hit a clinker.

    2. A mistake; a blunder.

    3. Something of inferior quality; a conspicuous failure: a clinker of a show.

  6. Chiefly British Something admirable or first-rate.

intr.v.   clink·ered, clink·er·ing, clink·ers
To form clinkers in burning.

[Obsolete Dutch klinckaerd, from Middle Dutch klinken, to clink; see clink1. N., senses 5 and 6, from clink1.]
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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Slang Dictionary
clinker

  1. n.
    a mistake; (in music) a misplayed note. : Look at the score, man! That series of clinkers just isn't there.
  2. n.
    a worthless person or thing. (From the term for a cinder.) : Ralph has turned out to be a real clinker. We'll have to pink slip him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

clinker 
1769, from klincard (1641), a type of paving brick made in Holland, from Du. klinkaerd, from klinken "to ring" (as it does when struck), from M.Du., of imitative origin. The meaning "stupid mistake" is first recorded 1950 in Amer.Eng.; originally (1942) "a wrong note in music."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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