Claw-backs.

Flatterers. Bishop Jewel speaks of “the Pope’s clawbacks.” (See above, and Clapperclaws.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Claret Jug (One’s)
Classic Races (The)
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Claude Lorraine (i.e. of Lorraine)
Claus (Santa)
Clause
Clause Rolls (Rotŭli clausi)
Clavie
Clavileno
Claw
Claw-backs
Claymore or Glaymore
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Clean and Unclean Animals
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Clear as Crystal. Clear as Mud