He dropped a clanger. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
To half-time - and this was the part that mattered - the Bulldogs had 21 '' clanger '' kicks, an astonishing number. From Wordnik.com. [The Age News Headlines] Reference
I am quite partial to the odd clanger that way. From Wordnik.com. [Another increase in another poll] Reference
Jonny knew he had dropped a clanger and tried to make amends. From Wordnik.com. [faceless]
So it looks as if Labour has committed a bit of a clanger here. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE: Labour Breach Electoral Law in Ealing Southall] Reference
(Soundbite of music) Mr. METHENY: Like right there, that's a clanger. From Wordnik.com. [Man And Machines: Pat Metheny's Orchestrion] Reference
"Tacos!" she exclaimed, then dropped the clanger, "do you have those round things?". From Wordnik.com. [flour tortillas | Homesick Texan] Reference
Not to forget the clanger from the Moody Blues' 'Question': To learn as we grow old. From Wordnik.com. [Waxing Lyrical] Reference
Or was it just a cock-up where a proof reading of a speech failed to spot a clanger?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
Sorry, Brandreth would never have forgiven the grammatical clanger in my earlier post. From Wordnik.com. [An Hour With Gyles Brandreth] Reference
Unfortunately in the plan is a dropped clanger so large it would squash the soup dragon. From Wordnik.com. [Dave shows his true green credentials.] Reference
The clanger was then dropped down the mine by the cook to her lucky husband at the dinner hour. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
A Cornish pasty is a famous example of this and a Bedforshire clanger another perhaps less known. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
Yowza! thanks m&m, that is a bit of clanger. very polite of you to suggest it is a small error too. From Wordnik.com. [Massive Scottish YouGov Poll] Reference
If not, then Obama has dropped a Carter sized clanger and he will suffer for it - as will the rest of us. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The man whom the saloon-keeper had shot had but just been declared out of clanger and on the road to recovery. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896] Reference
Still Burgoyne, hoping that Clinton's diversion would effect his deliverance from clanger, would not think of retreating. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
At present, if a referee drops a clanger and influences the outcome of a game, all that happens is a one-sided conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Pulis's idea of relegating referees could work – with a tweak] Reference
If you have dropped a clanger and you claim you have not, that is not a rebuttal, it is somewhere between sophistry and a lie. From Wordnik.com. [Social media is poop scoop, not turd polish at Helpful Technology] Reference
"Surely not a coincedence that having been linked with a move to Arsenal, Mark Schwarzer drops a clanger," reports David Keith. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup 2010: Germany v Australia - as it happened] Reference
He was wheeled out to defend the team during the election, be it coalition leaks or Brian Gibbons and the kid's hospital clanger. From Wordnik.com. [Rhodri's New Team] Reference
That's because sub-editors and proof-readers would likely have been more involved and a clanger like that would have been caught. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
He's fairly reliable and prone to the odd clanger. From Wordnik.com. [The First Post: Latest] Reference
But a source said: 'It is a real clanger for producers. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
So I hope the situation will improve. major clanger on flickr. From Wordnik.com. [BBC Blog Network] Reference
» Greenwich pedestrianisation - council consultant drops clanger. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Guardian - Cerny clanger a gift for Fryatt as Leicester move up to. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
The clanger of famine here has not ceased with a plentiful harvest. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3] Reference
"But I fear there is clanger," rejoined Karl, in a tone of undiminished anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"] Reference
It will take some deft work by the Libs and some major clanger to shift this now. From Wordnik.com. [The Poll Bludger] Reference
Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross believes he's shaken off his clanger on Saturday. From Wordnik.com. [tribalfootball.com] Reference
Another English keeper dropping a clanger, miss of the season and pitch invader double. From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
But the hosts equalised five minutes later after a goalkeeping clanger from Rene Adler. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Friends no more after Jennifer Aniston's clanger over David Schwimmer's fiancee 27/03/10. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Video: Goalkeeping gaffe great Peter Enckelman produces another clanger (Cardiff v Preston). From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs]
Yes, it's time for the all-humiliating clanger of celebrity folk wearing identical dresses. From Wordnik.com. [Sky Showbiz - Latest] Reference
Fate had raised her son to the summit of earthly grandeur and saved him from every clanger. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
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