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| claque [ klak ] (plural claques) |
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1. paid audience: a group of people hired to applaud a performance
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2. entourage: a group of people around a rich or famous person whom they praise and support uncritically
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disapproving
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| [Mid-19th century. < French< claquer "to clap," an imitation of the sound] |
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