[Ads-l] Antedating of "clunky" (adj. 2)

[Steven Losie]

CLUNKY (OED3, adj. 2, 1968)

The OED provides a first definition dating to 1965: "Stupid; inferior. Now
rare." The second definition is the more common one, which they date to
1968: "Awkward, clumsy, ungainly, esp. in design or function".

This citation, from a classified ad, fits the OED's second definition:

[being quote]
1937 STUDEBAKER 4-door Sedan — is a trifle clunky; looks a little sad, but
it runs
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Source: [Advertisement], Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner, 5 September 1948,
p.21, col.1 (newspapers.com)
Link: https://www.newspapers.com/image/598522034/

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