Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clincher"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clincher \Clinch"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
--Pope.
2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive
argument.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clincher
n 1: an argument that is conclusive [syn: {determiner}, {determining
factor}]
2: a point or fact or remark that settles something
conclusively [syn: {decisive factor}]
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