Word: claptrap
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...anonymous author of "Debating" says, that in this matter we are "stubborn as mules." Let us beware, lest in trying to avoid the "sophomoric" and "claptrap," we err on the other side, and be charged with possessing some other undesirable qualities, besides stubbornness, of the above-mentioned animal...