1 Instead, he gave him a perfunctory clap on the back in return.
2 Barillot, if there's any more talking I clap on fines all round!
3 We can neither switch off, down brakes, nor clap on more steam!
4 The news fell like a thunder- clap on Joan and her husband.
5 Throw off your moorings, then, and clap on sail, for we must go.'
6 Come, Bethiah, clap on the tea-kettle, and we'll have tea airly.
7 Benito laughed hard and gave his new friend a solid clap on the back.
8 The clap on the shoulder made him start, look up.
9 We were not looking for a clap on the back.
10 These words came like a thunder- clap on the poor boy, who seemed about sixteen.
11 Mat gave him a congratulatory clap on the shoulder.
12 Come, my boy, and clap on all sail, and see who can stay the longest.
13 To clap on Wisdom, which must bear the jest!
14 She touched Kiyoka's shoulder again, hesitant caress turning to businesslike clap on the back, and left.
15 Now, no charming woman would clap on all sail in jewels for a roomful of fox-hunters.
16 As there was nothing more to say, I nodded to Corny to clap on the crown.
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