slang A sailor. The bar was packed with old anchor-clankers sharing stories of their adventures from around the world.Only anchor-clankers hang out on the pier these days. Families stick to the boardwalk and teens to the beach.You only know Grandpa as an old man, but he was an anchor-clanker back in the day.
Yes, for you anchor-clankers, this is the same Midway christened in 1945--the largest ship floating on the high seas for ten years and the same Midway in the thick of our country's battles from WWII to Desert Storm.
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