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clunker

[kluhng-ker] / ˈklʌŋ kər /








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I can still picture the tram driver who patched together my grandmother’s clunker and the sign maker lettering Jesus’ words along the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

Instead of building another championship team, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman constructed an all-time clunker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025

It made Yamamoto’s clunker all the more costly, highlighting an extended slide in production that continues to plague the team’s only healthy ace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

I got upset that Lori had chosen a clunker of a star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were talking about stars.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls


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