clapt
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Again he clapt spurs to him, and again the animal jumped, and then stood stock still, so effectually was he fettered.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
The old witch clapt her skinny hands together, and smiled encouragingly upon her handiwork.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
And at the head of them, if you please, was that very despotic justice, the squire of the neighbouring parish, who that afternoon had clapt us in the stocks.
From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.
Com̅ing to their place, they clapt up their house quickly, and landed their provissions, and left ye companie appoynted, and sent the barke home; and afterwards palisadoed their house aboute, and fortified them selves better.
From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William
So he had him clapt in a winnowing basket and there soundly trounced: even as I had been dealt with the day before, when I tried those magical arts and found them false.
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von
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