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Clappers

noun
1.
A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.  Synonyms: bones, castanets, finger cymbals.





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"Clappers" Quotes from Famous Books



... Here the little ones stood, and counted, and beat double time, under the direction of a leader, to a slow, melodious air played on the piano. Then they marched, keeping step, and still counting the time. After this they took tambourines, triangles, drums, and clappers, and made a noise, ...
— In and Around Berlin • Minerva Brace Norton
... in solid brass. Both ends of the larger drums were played on with the palms of the hand; hundreds of little brass bells were suspended round the edges for ornament rather than use; for being without clappers, they could not produce any sound. The common native drum is beaten on one of its ends only, and with a stick shaped ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish


Words linked to "Clappers" :   castanets, plural form, percussion instrument, percussive instrument, plural, bones


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