Meaning & use
clanger
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An embarrassing or obvious mistake.
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He dropped a real clanger by calling the client by the wrong name.
The minister's clanger about the budget made headlines the next morning.
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Chiefly British informal usage, likely evoking the loud, clanging sound of something being noisily dropped.
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