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Clinker   Listen
noun
Clinker  n.  
1.
A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.
2.
Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
3.
A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
4.
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.





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"Clinker" Quotes from Famous Books



... The dialogue went on. Lucy produced the novels for Miss Lydia Languish's private reading from under her cloak. The manager rose excitably to his feet. Marvelous! No hurry with the books; no dropping them. She looked at the titles before she announced them to her mistress; she set down "Humphrey Clinker" on "The Tears of Sensibility" with a smart little smack which pointed the antithesis. One moment—and she announced Julia's visit; another—and she dropped the brisk waiting-maid's courtesy; a third—and she was off the ...
— No Name • Wilkie Collins


Words linked to "Clinker" :   cinder, clean out, clinker block, clinker brick, change


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