Those stories must drag horribly, that have not more hearers and applauders than relaters.

We'll get in with the hired applauders.

The Mayor is so often booed at public events that he has taken to expressing gratification when the applauders outnumber the booers.

'Tis not the multitude of applauders, but the good fame of the applauders, which establishes a valuable reputation.'

Though the galleries of the Convention were more than usually furnished on the day with applauders, yet this decision has been universally ill received.