Definition of "clanger" [clanger]

• Chiefly British A blunder; a faux pas. (noun)

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• "The other clanger was the very statistically questionable survey done prior to Peter Hain blocking AMs standing both on the regional list and in a constituency."
• "Another clanger, which is called pooping, is of a character that one who is ignorant of the might of the ocean when aroused, would not be apt to foresee."
• "To half-time - and this was the part that mattered - the Bulldogs had 21 '' clanger '' kicks, an astonishing number."