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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1926

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CLUNK, n.2 A blow (Bnff.2 1936). [klʌŋk]Abd. 1926 L. Coutts Lyrics, etc. 63:
They gid the deevils clunk for clunk An livilled them in the glaur.

[Echoic, like Clunk, n.1 Extension from the sound to the action producing it.]

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