Synonyms for clapperclaw
| Grammar : Noun |
Top 10 synonyms for clapperclaw Other synonyms for the word clapperclaw
Définition of clapperclaw
Origin :- "to fight at arm's length with the hands and nails," 1590s, from clap (v.) + claw (v.). Related: Clapperclawed; clapperclawing.
- As in claw : noun nail of animal; tool shaped like nail of an animal
- Miss Clapperclaw says Bulbul is evidently smitten, and Clara too.
- Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- "I never knew a woman who was constantly bullied by her husband who did not like him the better for it," Miss Clapperclaw says.
- Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Miss Clapperclaw says he acted pretty well, and that I only joke about him because I am envious, and wanted to act a part myself.
- Extract from : « The Christmas Books » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- In the race of fashion the resolute and active De Mogyns has passed the poor old Clapperclaw.
- Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
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