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    Clink , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinking.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.] To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
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    And let me the canakin clink.
    Shak.

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    Clink , v. i.
    1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. “The clinking latch.”
      Tennyson.

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    2. To rhyme. [Humorous].
      Cowper.

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    Clink, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.Clink and fall of swords.”
    Shak.

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    Clink , n. A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] “I'm here in the clink.”
    Kipling.

    Webster 1913 Suppl.

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