[Ads-l] Antedating of "Clinker" (= Wrong Note)

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clinker (OED, n2, 2.c., 1942)

1933 Courier-Post (Camden, N.J.) 2 Nov. 8/3 (Newspapers.com)

A clinker is a sour note.

Fred Shapiro

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