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  • It was the most bizarre thing in the world to see this clutter of folk all wearing wooden shoes, whence they had got the name of Clackers, because their shoes, hobnailed behind and before, went clack at every step.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • It was the most bizarre thing in the world to see this clutter of folk all wearing wooden shoes, whence they had got the name of Clackers, because their shoes, hobnailed behind and before, went clack at every step.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Clackers, which were marketed under a multitude of other names, consisted of two glass-like acrylic balls, each about the size of plum, which swung on either end of a string.

    Galactica Patch | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Clackers were pulled from the shelves in 1981 and, later that year, a mandate was issued that any future product (s) be made with foam balls and nylon cords.

    Galactica Patch | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • As for you Doubting Clackers, I actually got to see a set shatter & gouge great furrows in someone.

    Thursday, April 30 – The Bleat. 2009

  • Clackers dangled from the girdle: wooden skulls with loose-hinged jaws that rattled as I moved.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Clackers dangled from the girdle: wooden skulls with loose-hinged jaws that rattled as I moved.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Clackers dangled from the girdle: wooden skulls with loose-hinged jaws that rattled as I moved.

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • April 30, 2009 at 1:51 pm oh yeah, Wacky Clackers!

    Thursday, April 30 – The Bleat. 2009

  • The Clackers are two Pieces of Wood, cutt handsomely enough, which they have the Art to rattle in their hands to the time of the Drum.

    John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

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