clackers n.
1. false teeth [clacker n.1 (2)].
in DARE. | ||
Sucked In 91: Dentures were virtually standard issue [...] You got a full extraction and a pair of clackers on your twenty-first birthday. | ||
Empty Wigs (t/s) 190: Oh, they’re [i.e. old women] all up for it at heart even if they do have to [...] remove their store-bought clackers the better to show their affection. |
2. the breasts.
Not Quite Posthumous Letter 8: I have positively not an ounce of physical vanity left: my clackers can rattle down to my flat feet and my wig drop off in front of the howling mob for all I care. | ||
in Men Only 51 1: Errol Flynn commenting of joan Crawford’s breasts: ‘How about those for a pair of clackers, eh, sport?’. |
3. testicles.
Wired mag. Mar. 85: Smash his clackers and call him Sporano. | ||
PC Zone Mar. 149: Manholes you could throw the enemy into after kneeing them in the clackers. | ||
That Book about Harvard 251: I’m freezing my clackers off out here! | ||
Adventures of the Honey Badger [ebook] This big bastard [i.e. a kangaroo] had clackas like cannonballs, an absolute monster. |
4. (Aus.) speed, mechanical power.
Adventures of the Honey Badger [ebook] This boat had some clackers and pretty soon Bruce and his sidekick Matt had us on a spot. |
In phrases
(Aus.) obvious, conspicuous.
Adventures of the Honey Badger [ebook] Obvious: Stands Out Like a Dog’s Clackers. |