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Definition of Claquers

1. claquer [n] - See also: claquer

Claquers Pictures

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Claquers

clapperclawing clapperclaws clappers clapper valve clapping claps clapt Clapton's line claptrap claptraps

clap on clap together clap up claque claquer claquers claques claqueur claqueurs clarain

clarains Clara cell Clara Josephine Schumann clarence clarences Clarence Darrow Clarence Day Clarence Malcolm Lowry Clarence Seward Darrow Clarence Shepard Day Jr.

Literary usage of Claquers

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1. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1895)
"But some of the choruses were sadly marred, and many of the solos were almost ruined by the diabolical claquers. In several instances the last three or four ..."

2. Curiosities of Music: A Collection of Facts Not Generally Known, Regarding by Louis Charles Elson (1880)
"Yet the applause did not always fall in the right place, and to obviate this difficulty, the emperor formed a corps of claquers or professional applauders, ..."

3. Two Campaigns: Madagascar and Ashantee by Bennet Burleigh (1896)
"... pronounced " ye-ah," " ye-ah " in the House of Commons' best manner, and having much the same meaning. Stirred somewhat by his henchmen and claquers, ..."

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