clapper | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Clapper
·noun A rabbit burrow. II. Clapper ·noun A person who claps. III. Clapper ·noun That which strikes...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
clapper
A name for the valve of a pump-box. Also, a plank or foot-bridge across a running stream; also, the ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
clapper claw
To scold, to abuse, or claw off with the tongue. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shoulder clapper
A bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bonny-clapper
(Irish, baine, milk, and clabar, mire.) An Irish term for sour buttermilk.--Nares' Glossary. We sc...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.