noun
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informal a conspicuous mistake (esp in the phrase drop a clanger )
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something that clangs or causes a clang
Etymology
Origin of clanger
Example Sentences
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Its flowers are extravagant, with an extra-long, maroon-purple clanger dangling from each fuchsia bell; its distinctive leaves are heart shaped, with toothed edges.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
"Some night he'll move and other nights he'll stand and play, Some nights he might be a bit out of it and drop the odd clanger but he never coasts."
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2020
This isn’t about masterpieces flawed by a single track, a phenomenon the writer Andrew Mueller calls “Jazz Police Syndrome” after the solitary clanger on Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2016
England leave the field, spirits freshly crushed by another Bell clanger, Pakistan newly buoyed by the day’s third inexcusable let-off.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2015
He showed me where to pull the clanger, and I pulled and pulled and the clanging joined the music of the bombardment.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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