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Clincher   /klˈɪntʃər/   Listen
Clincher

noun
1.
An argument that is conclusive.  Synonyms: determiner, determining factor.
2.
A point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively.  Synonym: decisive factor.
3.
A tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets.



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"Clincher" Quotes from Famous Books



... praise of virtue is dumb: That scribbler lash, who neither knows The turn of verse, nor style of prose; Whose malice, for the worst of ends, Would have us lose our English friends:[3] Who never had one public thought, Nor ever gave the poor a groat. One clincher more, and I have done, I end my labours with a pun. Jove send this Nightingale may fall, Who spends his day and night in gall! So, Nightingale and Lark, adieu; I see the greatest owls in you That ever ...
— The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume I (of 2) • Jonathan Swift


Words linked to "Clincher" :   statement, tool, clinch, determinant, causal factor, argument, determinative


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