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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CLAP, n.2 “The form or lair of a hare or rabbit” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Known to Lnk.3, Kcb.9 1937.Lnk. 1990:
There's wan - it's in the clap.[a rabbit]

[E.M.E. has clapper and O.Sc. clappard in sense of a rabbit burrow or hole. Cf. Clap, v., 3.]

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