Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who claps another on the shoulder, as in familiarity or to arrest him; in the latter sense, a bailiff.
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Examples
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A back-friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermands
The Comedy of Errors 2004
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A back-friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermands
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A back-friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermands
The Comedy of Errors 1592
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A back-friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermands
The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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1146: A back friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that counterma [n] ds
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