a. [f. CLIPPER + CLAPPER; the effect of reduplication becoming an accessory to the combined senses.] Of the nature of a clapper that goes quickly.
1837–40. Haliburton, Clockm. (1862), 38. Half a thousand little clipper-clapper tongues.
a. [f. CLIPPER + CLAPPER; the effect of reduplication becoming an accessory to the combined senses.] Of the nature of a clapper that goes quickly.
1837–40. Haliburton, Clockm. (1862), 38. Half a thousand little clipper-clapper tongues.
