I have learnt a new word.claque noun 1 a group of people paid to applaud a speaker at a meeting or performer in a theatre, etc. 2 a circle of flatterers or admirers.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: French, meaning 'a clap', from claquer to clap.
(ETYMOLOGY: 19c: French, meaning 'a clap', from claquer to clap.
Trinosaur,
Fri 6 Jan 2006, 21:43,
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