claqueur

Definitions

Examples

• Afterwards claqueur in a theatre under Braulard, and designated at that time by the name of Idamore.

• Lucien fancied that he must be dreaming when he heard a claqueur appraising a writer's value.

• The chatouilleur, or tickler, a variety of the genus claqueur, is in vogue chiefly at the smaller theatres.

• Navarrot, the ministerial claqueur, was already applauding Granet most enthusiastically.

• I am going to see the new piece Pomps and Vanities is bringing out, and I want you as a sort of claqueur.