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clunker

[kluhng-ker] / ˈklʌŋ kər /








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For instance, your friend may have just laughed when you offered to replace their old clunker with a new car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Then, Nestor Cortes followed up his six shutout innings against the Dodgers last week with a three-inning, three-run clunker that was punctuated with an ejection.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

It made Yamamoto’s clunker all the more costly, highlighting an extended slide in production that continues to plague the team’s only healthy ace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

Game 3 was a one-sided clunker, but Game 1, Game 2 and Game 4 all went to sudden-death OT —hockey’s equivalent of dangling you over a bridge by your shoelaces while laughing maniacally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025

One of the lifeguards let us borrow his clunker.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin




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