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clapper

[klap-er] / ˈklæp ər /




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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

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

More steel tubes branch out from the top of the rods in an interlinked canopy that is hung with dozens of differently shaped and patterned ceramic bells, each with a copper clapper.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 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

The post dented, but the clapper let out a dull resounding hum.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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