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clackers

[klak-erz]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. any of various percussion toys consisting of balls or blocks joined by a cord.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of clackers1

1630–40, for an earlier sense; clack + -er 1 + -s 3
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Example Sentences

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When Manchester United put out clackers for fans at an FA Cup game, she found the noise the crowd made unbearable, leading to her stimming, external - finger drumming is a big one for her - to try to prevent herself becoming overwhelmed.

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Later the same year, there was a mechanical and electrical failure which led to more sewage flowing into Clackers Brook.

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Clackers Brook is a small river in Wiltshire.

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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.

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Lundy loves about the typewriter is, “There’s nothing between you and that. It’s the only machine I know that just puts thoughts on paper. It focuses thoughts. These are my kids, as I call them. They’re clackers, loosey-goosey. Just fun to use.”

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