clinker
noun
any mistake or error.
Example Sentences
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And it came to pass when his time was up And hell's gates were opened wide That all hell rang, and the clinkered imps sang When the Devil passed Outside.
From Rhymes of a Roughneck by Pat O'Cotter
It is self-evident that an ideal kiln would be one that produced the maximum quantity of thoroughly clinkered material with a minimum amount of fuel, labor, and investment.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
The material is then in a partially burnt and slightly sintered state, but it is not fully clinkered and would not make Portland cement.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
The clinkered hills, quivering in the west, sank gradually into the heated blur above the plains.
From Dragon's blood by Henry Milner Rideout
A penitential bird, indeed, fitly haunting the shores of the clinkered Encantadas, whereon tormented Job himself might have well sat down and scraped himself with potsherds.
From The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville
