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Mar. 12, 2014
Word of the Day

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\KLAP-trap\
noun
1. pretentious but insincere or empty language: His speeches seem eru...
2. any artifice or expedient for winning applause or impressing the publi... See full definition
Quotes
What is she to sneer at a brave, enduring race of fellow-bei... See full quote
-- John Trafford Clegg, David's Loom: a story of Rochdale's life in the early years of the nineteenth century, 1894
Origin
Claptrap came to English in the 1720s as a portmanteau of See full origin
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