CLAPPERED

Verb

clappered

simple past tense and past participle of clapper

Anagrams

• preplaced

Source: Wiktionary


CLAPPER

Clap"per, n.

1. A person who claps.

2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).

Clap"per, n. Etym: [F. clapier.]

Definition: A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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