noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Most of the album's songs are good, but there are a few clinkers.
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The singer hit a real clinker in the last verse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bad burn could mean no usable clinker and hence no pay.
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And at each stage, if a clinker shows up, you know, you lost a week.
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As production methods improved the clinker produced was harder and the cement had to be more finely ground.
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Crow roasted the earth to a clinker , he charged into space - Where is the Black Beast?
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In the early days ordinary mill-stones were used as the clinker was soft and the cement need not be finely ground.
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Its tough pale grass grows on mud and clinker dredged up from the docks.
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Once the firing was completed the clinker was broken out and carted away to be ground.
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This was achieved by initially breaking the clinker with stone crushers before grinding.