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Definition of Clackers
1. clacker [n] - See also: clacker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clackers
Literary usage of Clackers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Instruction by American Institute of Instruction, Meeting (1888)
"In Chihuahua I have seen the market woman with a peck measure full of clackers—copper
coins worth a little more than a cent and a half, sixty-four to the ..."
2. Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I by Thomas Carlyle, Alexander Carlyle (1898)
"Hired ‘clackers' if so be they may save the play from being damned. Hired clackers,—or
any not uncharitable soul to reinforce a ..."
3. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1865)
"She sings and beats on her drum, and the company dance, with each a pair of
clackers in his and her hand. The clackers are two pieces of wood cut handsomely ..."
4. Eight Years Wandering in Ceylon by Samuel White Baker (2001)
"Rattles worked by long lines extend in every direction, unceasingly pulled by
the people in the watch- houses; wind-clackers (similar to our ..."
5. With Seeing Eyes: The Unusual Story of an Observant Thinker at the Front by Harold Morton Kramer (1919)
"The French youngsters also soon learned to solicit these " clackers," the result
being that whenever an American soldier appeared, there, too, ..."
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