clinkable

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English

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Etymology

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From clink +‎ -able.

Adjective

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clinkable (comparative more clinkable, superlative most clinkable)

  1. Capable of producing a clinking sound.
    • 1937, London Charivari, volume 192, page 327:
      We purchased a large quantity of rubber-sheeting and by judiciously folding this round everything clinkable we made such progress that the complaints were reduced to five.
    • 1945, Esquire, volume 24, page 184:
      And good spots such as the Ruban Bleu can still scare up clinkable drinks for deserving people.
    • 2002, Carol Rumens, Hex, Bloodaxe Books, →ISBN, page 20:
      embraced us now we'd dumped the grid to mine
      our little clinkable purse of sixpenny physics

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