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"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 9, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
"text": "“Beloved shipmates, clinch the last verse of the first chapter of Jonah—‘And God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.’”",
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"text": "I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.",
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"ref": "2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Vincent Kompany was sent off after conceding a penalty that was converted by Stephen Hunt to give Wolves hope. But Adam Johnson's curling shot in stoppage time clinched the points.",
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"text": "to clinch the teeth or the fist",
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"ref": "1731 (date written, published 1745), Jonathan Swift, “[Directions to Servants.] The Duty of Servants at Inns.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume XVI, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC, page 175:",
"text": "[T]ry if the heads of the nails [of horseshoes] be fast, and whether they be well clinched; if not, send presently for a smith; always stand by while the smith is employed.",
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"ref": "2023 August 31, Seattle Times:",
"text": "It put the U.S. on the brink of clinching a spot in the quarterfinals.",
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"(obsolete) A pun."
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"text": "More likely, he was letting her know that his visit this morning was not going to end in a clinch—or something steamier. It was going to be about sitting at a table, drinking coffee and talking.",
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"ref": "2021 June 25, Marina Hyde, “Matt Hancock, the one-time sex cop now busted for a dodgy clinch”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "So, then, to the health secretary’s “steamy clinch” with Gina Coladangelo, the lobbyist and long-term friend he took on as an aide last year […]",
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"ref": "1882, Henry Herman, Henry Arthur Jones, The Silver King:",
"text": "COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?",
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"(slang, archaic) A prison sentence."
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"ref": "2023 August 31, Seattle Times:",
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"ref": "2021 June 25, Marina Hyde, “Matt Hancock, the one-time sex cop now busted for a dodgy clinch”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "So, then, to the health secretary’s “steamy clinch” with Gina Coladangelo, the lobbyist and long-term friend he took on as an aide last year […]",
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"ref": "1882, Henry Herman, Henry Arthur Jones, The Silver King:",
"text": "COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
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"code": "th",
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"word": "จับคอ"
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