[usuallysing.] (informal) a fact, a remark or an event that settles an argument, a decision or a competition:
There was a lot of circumstantial evidence but they still needed a clincher, something cast iron that would carry a conviction. * Sixsmith scored the clincher (= the winning goal) after 81 minutes.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, clincher is tagged as noun.
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