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Navy men call "clankers"; their "signature"�the distinct and definable rumble of their engines, propeller shafts and other machinery�is noisier than that of U.S. submarines.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Bavarian brass band clad in lederhosen oompahed California, Here I Come while lusty stein clankers wearing campaign hats and Johnson buttons roared out "Prosit!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Have done with all thought of the fellow and of his clankers concerning his birth.

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester