clackers
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of clackers
Example Sentences
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The 61-year-old told how his father Keith won tickets to the 1966 final in a raffle and, although he was "only a nipper", he remembers the "noise and clackers" of the clash.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022
On Princess Cruises, travelers party inside with clackers, hats, streamers, Champagne and a balloon drop at midnight.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2018
The Gallaghers' mother, Peggy, seems to think Oasis will eventually reunite: "They love each other," she said, just as she might have done 35 years ago, when Liam threw Noel's clackers over the garden fence.
From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2014
The rear was brought up by a swarm of lovable little Mugwumps, ringing cowbells and whirling clackers.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were a medicine man’s paraphernalia, laid beside the painted gourd rattles and deer-hoof clackers of the ceremony.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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