Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
clasp .
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Examples
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The final _sp_ in such words as wasp, clasp, and hasp are reversed to wapse, clapse and hapse.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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— than it turns out to bee; after all, I don't think Canada's ekonomy will clapse, even if we know longer no how to spel, ehhh?
O-M-Glup! We's Gonna B A Thrid-World Countree :( Judith Fitzgerald 2008
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