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claque (klak)

noun

  1. a group of people paid to go to a play, opera, etc. and applaud
  2. a group of admiring or fawning followers

Etymology: Fr < claquer, to clap: echoic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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