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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
clincher
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Johnson's home run was the clincher for the Twins.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And this, I think, was the final clincher.
▪ But while Mills put them ahead, the game was not safe until Tommy Wright's clincher three minutes from time.
▪ It's a statement that tends to produce a condescending smile, but in any discussion it is usually a clincher.
▪ The clincher came when we went to buy our Christmas tree last week.
▪ The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck.
▪ This latter piece of logic was the clincher and he dropped the idea as soon as he sobered up, the following week.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clincher

Clincher \Clinch"er\, n.

  1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
    --Pope.

  2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clincher

early 14c., "person or thing that clinches" (i.e., secures nails by bending down or riveting the pointed end), late 15c. as a class of shipyard worker; agent noun from clinch (v.). As a type of nail, from 1735; as a conclusive statement, argument, etc., 1737.

Wiktionary
clincher

n. That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm.

WordNet
clincher

  1. n. an argument that is conclusive [syn: determiner, determining factor]

  2. a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively [syn: decisive factor]

  3. a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets

Usage examples of "clincher".

To prevent this, the bit of bogosity about the Almanach de Gotha would be a clincher.

She thought of telling him Uncle Ed would work for free, because Judd was her client, but decided it was better to save that as a clincher for after Judd and Ed met.

And later, you yourself supplied the clincher when you admitted to having an informant.

They'd be the clinchers, but he'd need them to get wherever he was going.

It did not appear to Venetia that he took much part in the rearing of his offspring or in the management of his household, but he was held in great respect by everyone, his few commands being instantly and unquestioningly obeyed, and any of his reported utterances being accepted as clinchers to every dispute.

And as a clincher, the Brazilian deposits include many erratic blocks of such rock as quartzite, dolomite, and chert, which resemble none of the structures that make up Brazil, but which are common in southwest Africa.

They gave me a poor-mouth story and finally, as a clincher, said they don't grow podars any more.

For one thing, it's a real clincher for his technical people, and, for another, their power net is still unreliable enough that they can black out a main grid for a few hours without nearly as many explanations.

For one thing, its a real clincher for his technical people, and, for another, their power net is still unreliable enough that they can black out a main grid for a few hours without nearly as many explanations.