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Clap on   /klæp ɑn/   Listen
Clap on

verb
1.
Apply carelessly.  Synonyms: slam on, slap on.





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"Clap on" Quotes from Famous Books



... moment and its perpetuation to the end of time. Till the end of time she would have had nothing altered, but still continue delightedly to serve her idol, and be repaid (say twice in the month) with a clap on the shoulder. ...
— Weir of Hermiston • Robert Louis Stevenson
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... "Clap on more sail, my hearties," roared the captain, almost beside himself with excitement, "I want ter get my hands ...
— The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol • Howard Payson
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... Norma laughed. "They're the worst of all. I don't know about this one, but they're always appealing for special funds—all of them. And that's one thing that makes Wolf so mad—the fact that all they have to do, for ridiculous extravagances, is clap on a tax." ...
— The Beloved Woman • Kathleen Norris
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... know that you will be safe there, in the present state of the dean's suspicions. No; tuck up those confounded petticoats, clap on your pea-jacket, twist those love-locks up under your cap, light this cigar, and sit in your easy-chair. The dean must be 'cuter than usual, if he finds you out as the lady he is ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 • Various
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Words linked to "Clap on" :   slam on, slap on, apply, put on


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