clunker
Americannoun
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something worthless or inferior.
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Also klunker an old, worn-out vehicle or machine, especially a car.
noun
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a dilapidated old car or other machine
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something that fails
the novel's last line is a clunker
Etymology
Origin of clunker
Example Sentences
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But by then, they had already stewed on their Game 5 clunker long enough.
From Los Angeles Times
Game 3 was a one-sided clunker, but Game 1, Game 2 and Game 4 all went to sudden-death OT —hockey’s equivalent of dangling you over a bridge by your shoelaces while laughing maniacally.
If the Dodgers win, they move on to the NL Championship Series, where Kershaw could get a chance to end his career on a more sonorous note than the clunker he played Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead of building another championship team, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman constructed an all-time clunker.
From Los Angeles Times
The challenge will be replicating that formula over the season’s final month, and ensuring Sunday’s gut-check victory is not wasted on clunkers marred by self-inflicted mistakes.
From Los Angeles Times
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