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Meanings of clanger in English

A foolish error, especially one made in public.

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Examples for "blunder"
Examples for "blunder"
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We find a similar blunder in Spain, in the time of Cervantes:-
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
2
Volvo attributes the blunder to a battery problem caused by human error.
Wired
3
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has already apologised for the border blunder.
Radio NZ
4
That incident, which NATO called a tragic blunder, triggered widespread violent protests.
Reuters
5
Women are a blunder in the creation, and must take the consequences.
Esther
1
Sunday's text message error was the latest gaffe by the immigration minister.
The Guardian
2
The gaffe caused a six-day delay in election results, but wasn't insurmountable.
Wired
3
Google leaders have acknowledged that was an embarrassing gaffe for the company.
Reuters
4
The slightest gaffe was met with widespread derision and insistence of incompetence.
The Guardian
5
When I lived in London he was known as the gaffe man!
Radio NZ
Usage of clanger in English
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I still think, however, she has dropped a clanger with this interview.
News.com.au
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The clanger of famine here has not ceased with a plentiful harvest.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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But a Matt Duffie clanger handed the visitors a halftime lead.
The Guardian
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And then there was Andrew and his clanger of an interview.
News.com.au
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And Ferguson was not averse to the odd clanger, from Ralph Milne to Bébé.
The Guardian
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A defensive clanger by Aberdeen defender Thomas Solberg gifted Rangers three vital points at Pittodrie.
The Irish Times
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He dropped a clanger with victory in sight and Wolves heaved a sigh of relief.
The Guardian
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Loris Karius had earlier dropped a clanger as he clattered into Wilfried Zaha after 12 minutes.
The South African
9
Have you ever made a real fashion clanger?
The Guardian
10
And then we get to the real clanger here: The birthday shot of Charles and William.
News.com.au
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But then, he goes and drops a clanger.
News.com.au
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Collingwood's defence had a particularly difficult night, with Jack Frost and Marley Williams committing clanger after clanger.
The Guardian
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Fate had raised her son to the summit of earthly grandeur and saved him from every clanger.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 10
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Still Burgoyne, hoping that Clinton's diversion would effect his deliverance from clanger, would not think of retreating.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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Whichever team ends up winning the Champions Cup this will go down as the year of the European clanger.
The Guardian
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Indeed, it is probable Mr Adams had rescued more than Fanny from the clanger of a rape that evening.
Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1
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