clacker
n.— «So this guy walks into my store, asks me “Yo you got dem clackers?” I’ve sold other cellular phones before for various companies, so I k new clacker was slang for Nextel phones.» —“Can you read?” by Gothalyptic Society against global downfall (York, Penn.) Feb. 8, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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