Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
clapper .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
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Examples
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~~Attach "clappers" to all the lights in the dungeon just before a paddling
Naysayers Suck azurelunatic 2002
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The primary occupant, originally installed on a green bier, was arrayed like a dancer, with bell-like ornaments made of shells and "clappers" made of canine teeth.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The primary occupant, originally installed on a green bier, was arrayed like a dancer, with bell-like ornaments made of shells and "clappers" made of canine teeth.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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But time will tell, and I have to be honest - people on here right to voice an opinion, we dont all have to agree to "clappers".
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"clappers," and were used, especially by strangers and summer guests, for orientation and description of location.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various
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"The team found bell-like ornaments made of shells and" clappers "made of dog teeth, which were likely placed around the king's waist and legs, Houston said.
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public bsuper8 2010
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The best intro of the week, going off like the clappers before taking a step or two down into familiar psychedelia.
Readers recommend: songs with special guests Paul MacInnes 2010
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I'm hoping to go like the clappers the next few days and really break the back of this beast.
Inching along ... karenmiller 2009
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Germain's novel opens with the arresting image of Sabine, a middle-class mother concealing a rug impulsively stolen from the Christmas sales: "Her silhouette large and bell-like, her legs like two clappers which despite their brisk to-and-fro produce no sound".
Hidden Lives by Sylvie Germain, translated by Mike Mitchell – review Alfred Hickling 2010
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It was a regimented crowd, wearing identical red jackets, hats and soccer scarves, banging wooden clappers.
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