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Noun
Klunker m (strong, genitive Klunkers, plural Klunker)
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) rock, bling (large or ostensible piece of jewelry)
2023 February 4, Caspar Shaller, “Neue Late-Night-Show „Reschke Fernsehen“: Bierernst zur Cocktail-Zeit”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Sie trägt richtige Klunker an den Ohren und hochhackige Leoparden-Pumps an den Füßen. Zum Outfit im Kleinstadtglamour spielt eine Band ab und an mittelfetzige Mucke. Das soll dann wohl Late-Night sein.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Noun
Klunker f (genitive Klunker, plural Klunkern)
- (dated) tassel
- Synonyms: Quaste, Troddel
1916, Günther Georg von Forstner, Als U-Boots-Kommandant gegen England:„Mensch, hast du dir verändert!” rief einer unserer Unteroffiziere einem Kameraden des „Meteor” zu, der mit schöner, dicker, warmer, wollener schwedischer Matrosenmütze mit rotbrauner Klunker darauf sich die Sonne auf den Kopf scheinen ließ.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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