clinker
clink·er1 / ˈklingkər/ • n. the stony residue from burned coal or from a furnace. ∎ (also clinker brick) a brick with a vitrified surface.clink·er2 • n. inf. something that is unsatisfactory, of poor quality, or a failure. ∎ a wrong musical note.
clinker
clinker
clinker 1 very hard kind of brick XVII; mass of slag or lava XVIII. Earlier klincard, clincart — early modDu. klinckaerd (now klinker), f. klinken CLINK 1; so called because the brick rings when struck.
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