claque

• Oscar faced the American Philistine public without his accustomed claque, and under these circumstances a half-success was evidence of considerable power. —  Oscar Wilde
• Oscar faced the American Philistine public without his accustomed "claque", and under these circumstances a half-success was evidence of considerable power. —  Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions
• You know the claque is a set of men who are hired to clap at certain points in the play indicated beforehand to them, in order that the audience may appreciate the most salient points and join the applause, if they wish to. —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
• You know the claque is a set of men who are hired to clap at certain points in the play indicated beforehand to them, in order that the audience may appreciate the most salient points and join the applause, if they wish to Every one enjoyed the play immensely. —  In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters
• And Paris applauded feverishly, and yet with a full sense of the value of its applause -- given there in the only French theatre where the claque has been suppressed. —  Sacred and Profane Love

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