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Clappers
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In the phrase "goig like the clappers" what were the clappers?
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you'll be offered a page with about twenty versions of the same question. Clicking on each of these will reveal a raft of suggestions, including the idea that it is from wartime RAF usage and the one that it refers to people clapping at a 'happy-clappy' type of religious service. They're worth reading just for interest's sake.
you'll be offered a page with about twenty versions of the same question. Clicking on each of these will reveal a raft of suggestions, including the idea that it is from wartime RAF usage and the one that it refers to people clapping at a 'happy-clappy' type of religious service. They're worth reading just for interest's sake.