clapper
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The crowd were on their feet as the clapper signalled the final 10 seconds, testament to the efforts of both women.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
Looking out over the river, Dominguez began to sing a “gathering song,” using a clapper stick made from an elderberry branch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
More steel tubes branch out from the top of the rods in an interlinked canopy that is hung with dozens of differently shaped and patterned ceramic bells, each with a copper clapper.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
He measured mileage by attaching a rod inside a wagon wheel — based on the circumference of the wheel, a clapper would sound at each mile and that’s where a marker would go.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2020
Rosa waves and clicks her clapper, but I’m slumping again.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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