clapt

[ klapt ]

verb

, Archaic.

1. simple past tense and past participle of clap ¹.

Example Sentences

He clapt his hand on my mouth and his arm ’round my waist and dragged me.

From Literature

He was acquainted with Gould; and had met him at the door of the bank at B——, as he himself was on his way to the coach that was starting for E. Gould spoke to him, and said he had just got that seventy pounds; and when he said so, he clapt his hand on his pocket, implying it was there.

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Suddenly, a thought seemed to strike him; he clapt his hand to his forehead, uttered an exclamation, and rang the bell.

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Oh, Daniel O'Connell! what would have become of you, if such a stopper had been clapt on your jawing tackle?

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Get along out of town, or I'll have all of you, man, woman, child, stick, rag, and fiddlestick, clapt into the whirligig.

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