Claytons
Claytons adjective: inferior substitute, unsatisfactory compromise, or ersatz. Also the plural of Clayton.
Adjective
Claytons (not comparable)
- Inferior substitute, unsatisfactory compromise, or ersatz.
- Cheer up bro, it was a Claytons test anyway.2000 April 22, Sir Just Me, “Weekly UK News Bulletin (Apr 17-21)”, in rec.sport.rugby.league (Usenet)
- AFL Game Day's Hamish McLaughlin summed up the summer perfectly last Sunday: "There's been new coaches, new presidents, new captains, good trades, ugly trades, suspended CEOs, suspended football managers and coaches, player managers fined, drug allegations, ASADA, WADA, the ACC, capped rotations...2013 March 18, Yahoo!7 Sport, “Let's put the summer of scandal behind us”, in Yahoo!7, retrieved 17 May 2013
Also used as
Claytons is also the plural of Clayton.
Origin of Claytons
From a non-alcoholic drink called Claytons named after the Clayton brothers and promoted in Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s as “the drink you have when you′re not having a drink”. The drink itself did not impress consumers and is now all but forgotten.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from Claytons
- Claytons alliance
- Claytons election
- Claytons solution
- Claytons term
Questions about Claytons
- What does Claytons mean?
- Claytons means inferior substitute, unsatisfactory compromise, or ersatz.
- What part of speech is Claytons?
- Claytons is an adjective.
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