Those stories must drag horribly, that have not more hearers and applauders than relaters.
2
We'll get in with the hired applauders.
3
The Mayor is so often booed at public events that he has taken to expressing gratification when the applauders outnumber the booers.
4
'Tis not the multitude of applauders, but the good fame of the applauders, which establishes a valuable reputation.'
5
Though the galleries of the Convention were more than usually furnished on the day with applauders, yet this decision has been universally ill received.