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clutch
adjective- serving as a replacement US
Korean war usage. - We have been standing “clutch duty” lately, which means that we are on call as reinforcements or replacements for the front-line troops. — Martin Russ, The Last Parallel, 1957
- The replacement platoon, or “clutch platoon” as it is called, arrived, the morning watches were occupied, and we departed. — Martin Russ, The Last Parallel, p. 122, 1957
- unkind US
- “I bet the witch child ran away!” he said. Cherokke began to cry. “I’ve been so clutch to her.” — Francesca Lia Block, Witch Baby, p. 136, 1991
- fashionable, admirable, stylish US
- — Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), p. B4, 3 May 2004
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