"Sir, sir! folks' tongues go like the clappers in the fields to drive away the blackbirds. A very little wind makes 'em rattle wonderfully."
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Clapper
/ˈklæpɚ/
Synonyms for "clapper" (56 found)
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6 entriesclap sticksenthusiastic clapperhanging clappersporadic clapperswinging clappertake slate
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Emilia 'tis true could use her clapper with great Dexterity, but he had the same advantages against her, which this had against him; Olimpia 's Tongue was also well hung but she ever had reason on her side, which he with reason could never either blame or oppose, and by both these came his Fortune: […]
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It is still necessary to warn clergymen against allowing the lazy and pernicious practice of 'clappering,' i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell.
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Poore cunnie so bagged, Is soone overlagged Plash burrow, set clapper, For dog is a snapper
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