Obs. rare. [f. WONDER sb. + CLOUT sb.1] ? Something showy but worthless.
1570. Levins, Manip., 228/46. A Wonderclout, blabbe, garrulus, linguax.
1593. Harvey, Pierce’s Super., Z 1 b. O wretched Atheisme, Hell but a scarecrow, and Heauen but a woonderclout in their doctrine. Ibid., Ff 4. Her meritorious worke, a Wonderclowte.
