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clunker

[kluhng-ker] / ˈklʌŋ kər /








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So long as “Cars” could make Disney billions of dollars, the film itself being a veritable clunker was a non-issue.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

For instance, your friend may have just laughed when you offered to replace their old clunker with a new car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

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 ● Oct. 9, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2025

Art had a gun, a pre-Second World War surplus clunker of a thing, which he kept in the barn.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen


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