"Claytons" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: EN-AU ck1 Claytons.ogg
Etymology: From a non-alcoholic drink called Claytons named after the Clayton brothers and promoted in Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s as “the drink you have when you′re not having a drink”. The drink itself did not impress consumers and is now all but forgotten. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Claytons (not comparable)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Inferior substitute, unsatisfactory compromise, or ersatz. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, informal, not-comparable Derived forms: Claytons alliance, Claytons election, Claytons solution, Claytons term
    Sense id: en-Claytons-en-adj-phmD7fjG Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -s, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Audio: EN-AU ck1 Claytons.ogg
Etymology: From Clayton + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Clayton|s}} Clayton + -s Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun form}} Claytons
  1. plural of Clayton Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Clayton Related terms: Clayton, Clayton's
    Sense id: en-Claytons-en-name-J7s5f~50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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