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To lose Carroll for £35m and get a fat clapped-out lower-league Finn doesn't quite, as an outsider, seem to herald a new dawn of continental conquest.

Why it's continental glamour or bust for Sunderland and Newcastle | Louise Taylor 2011

Much of the increase in Dublin's deficit results from huge bailouts of its clapped-out banking sector – and by implication, the bondholders who backed the banks.

Europe needs debt relief, not decades of austerity 2011

But if you're looking for a catch-all explanation for why City scandals keep occurring, perhaps the most eloquent may be the clapped-out Honda Civic stationed on the nearby Shoreditch High Street.

The City bars where nobody knows your name – or how much you've lost 2011

These professional toebags who are only to be seen when protesting, driving their clapped-out T-reg transit vans, or collecting benefits make my blood boil.

G20 - The best press photos - April Fools Day « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

There's an extraordinary array of high performance models that can do almost anything, but there's also a lot of clapped-out old bangers from the former communist bloc that can leak, break down and possibly even explode.

Reuniting the Fast Show online is like making love to a beautiful woman 2011

Or for those on a budget, we could modify a little clapped-out Ford Escort station wagon, a P.O.S. car I once owned back in the day.

Saltwater Bugattis (and Other Ultimate Fishing Cars) 2009

He finds a clapped-out pick-up truck and is joined on his quest by a deeply religious local army sergeant who has quit his regiment to search for his little son, the sole survivor of their village.

The Dead – review 2011

Bed and TV share room space with decrepit tumble dryers, clapped-out car and, inevitably, the kitchen sink.

Die Frau ohne Schatten; BBC Proms 61 & 62 – review 2011

Or for those on a budget, we could modify a little clapped-out Ford Escort station wagon, a P.O.S. car I once owned back in the day.

Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

While they were struggling to bring the banking crisis under control, they found themselves simultaneously having to persuade a sceptical governor of the necessity of rescuing the clapped-out Northern Rock, and eventually much of the rest of the banking sector, while he was still lecturing the City about "moral hazard".

Can you overrule the King of Threadneedle Street? 2011