- present tense form of clinker (3rd person singular).
clinkers
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If chunks of ash — known as clinkers — stick on the bottom, they may need some muscle.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2018
A few clinkers aside, most of the performances were more than competent, if somewhat studied.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2016
The decade also had a few Christmas clinkers, and one is writer-director George Seaton’s shrilly sentimental fable.
From Time ● Dec. 20, 2011
Despite the refinement and élan in his playing, his recording of Chopin’s 24 études from the early 1930s is, by today’s standards, littered with clinkers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2011
“No, nothing's ever lost. We have ways to shake down your clinkers for you.”
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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