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clinker(dictionary)

clinker(1) (iou)



clinker noun1. ME.
[from CLINK verb2 + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which rivets or puts in nails; fig. a clinching argument etc. ME.
A clinched nail, a nail for clinching something. L19.
Comb.: clinker-built adjective (of a boat) made with external planks which overlap downwards and are fastened with clinched nails.