Shoulder-clapper, one that shows cordial favour and applause; and one who claps on the shoulder by way of arrestation; quibblingly: a back-friend, a “s.” Err. IV, 2, 37 (cf. for one signification: LLL V, 2, 107; Ado I, 1, 261 and Troil. III, 3, 139; for the other: As IV, 1, 48 and Cymb. V, 3, 78).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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