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clanger

[klang-er]

noun

  1. a person or thing that clangs.

  2. British Slang.a blunder; faux pas.



clanger

/ ˈæŋə /

noun

  1. informala conspicuous mistake (esp in the phrase drop a clanger )

  2. something that clangs or causes a clang

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clanger1

First recorded in 1945–50; clang + -er 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clanger1

C20: from clang , referring to a mistake whose effects seem to clang
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. drop a clanger, to blunder.

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Example Sentences

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She even pulls off lines that should be clangers: “I really hope we don’t die in a land mine today.”

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“Here’s a clanger,” Sydney said, noticing an obvious mistake.

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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.

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Scandal followed him as closely as adulation, as Warne took money from illegal bookmakers, was banned for using prohibited drugs and sailed through gossip-column indiscretions and social media clangers.

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"Occasionally he came out with a real clanger, but mostly he was just trying to be pleasant and light-hearted," she added in a BBC Radio Devon interview.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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