conkout
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]conkout (plural conkouts)
- (informal, rare) A mechanical failure.
- 1965, Popular Mechanics, volume 123, number 3, page 140:
- Black tracks on the magneto, a hairline crack in the flywheel casing, pitted points or a spitless exhaust — all are clues to potential conkouts