clanketyn.
/ˈklaŋkɪti/ Onomatopœic extension of clank n. as in clankety-clank (cf. clickety-clack n.).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > clank
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clankety-clank1895
1895 Harper's Mag. Sept. 555 The clankety-clank that plate-armor makes.
1905 Daily Chron. 13 Apr. 4/4 The pumps still utter their mournful clankety-clank-clank.
1907 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 4/7 A traction engine..with the clankety-clank and the earth-shaking passage that suggests an earthquake.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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