clapper

Example Sentences

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When speaking to BBC News NI he brought along a clapper board, dog tag and Ranger Battalion jacket he kept from the set of Saving Private Ryan.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

That clapper, William Sherman, a retiree from the Beaverdale neighborhood of Des Moines, was more than happy to share his feeling.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Looking out over the river, Dominguez began to sing a “gathering song,” using a clapper stick made from an elderberry branch.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2021

He measured mileage by attaching a rod inside a wagon wheel — based on the circumference of the wheel, a clapper would sound at each mile and that’s where a marker would go.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2020

Somewhere inside was an old bronze clapper belonging to the bell of the Desert Gold, the ship that had gone down with King Fieldspar on his return from the Trove.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee