clunker

[kluhng-ker] Origin

clunk·er

[kluhng-ker]
noun Informal.
1.
something worthless or inferior.
2.
Also, klunker. an old, worn-out vehicle or machine, especially a car.
3.
clunk (def. 4).

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; clunk + -er1; compare clinker3
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Clunker is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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clunker (ˈklʌŋkə)
 
n
1.  chiefly (US) a dilapidated old car or other machine
2.  something that fails: the novel's last line is a clunker

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Word Origin & History

clunker
"anything inferior," 1940s, from clunk. Specific sense of "old car" was in use by 1951.
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clunker definition


  1. n.
    an old car. : He drives an old clunker and doesn't have any insurance.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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