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In some senses, clanker is marked as derogatory, slang, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.
clanker
/ˈklæŋkəɹ/
noun 4
Collocations
3VERB + CLANKER
think
CLANKER + NOUN
sword
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
Something that makes a clanking noise.
Hurt him, hang him, Scrape-trencher, Stare-wearer, Wine-ſpiller, Mettle-clanker, Rogue by generation : Why dost heare Will?
Poor boys have got to study hard. Then they’ll get rich too—they’ll be doctors, and officers, and officials. I want to be a clanker—with a sword at my side and spurs on my boots—clank, clank!
2
A robot or artificial intelligence.
I got laid off 'cause they got them goddamn clankers taking our jobs.
Lousy clanker.
3
A person who uses automated technology or generative AI.
Education is getting overtaken by clankers.
4
A fib.
Stop telling clankers!
Have done with all thought of the fellow and of his clankers concerning his birth.
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Hurt him, hang him, Scrape-trencher, Stare-wearer, Wine-ſpiller, Mettle-clanker, Rogue by generation : Why dost heare Will?
Wiktionary02
Poor boys have got to study hard. Then they’ll get rich too—they’ll be doctors, and officers, and officials. I want to be a clanker—with a sword at my side and spurs on my boots—clank, clank!
Wiktionary03
The robots, designed by Kenjiro Okazaki, are cardboard tubes rather than the usual metal clankers.
Wiktionary04
I don't think Tom's real. I think he's a clanker.
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