clat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It also had the magic of 3-D, whose consumer clat and higher prices are supposed to guarantee hits in any genre.
From Time • Aug. 22, 2010
But, for the soliloquies, and the grand conference with the mother! oh, there, Garrick rose up to my remembrance with an clat of perfection that mocks all approach of approbation for a successor.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny
Rollickingly free of her and yet how devilishly his shoes could clat on the sidewalk.
From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie
“There, do hold thee clat, and—there, yeat that.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
And here’s yer everlasting soles and yer machinery and clat!
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville
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