Also clink-to-clank. [See CLINK sb.1, v.1] A succession or alternation of clinking sounds; fig. a senseless jingle of words.
a. 1790. Old Derbysh. Riddle. Clink, clank, under’t bank Ten agen four [A milkmaid milking].
1679. Penn, Addr. Prot., 156. The Priesthood … by their usurpt Commission of Apostleship, their pretended Succession, and their Clink Clank of extraordinary Ordination.
1888. Elworthy, W. Somerset Word-bk., Comin clink-to-clank along the road.
