clap-in-and-clap-out

Updated: June 6, 2025

"Well what do I get out of it?" he asked, in the old teasing voice of the boy who had liked to play "Post-office" and "Clap-in-and-clap-out" years ago. But they were not children now, and there was reproach in the glance Martie gave him as she ran up the steps. Rose, in blue satin, fluttered to meet her and she was conveyed upstairs on a sort of cloud of laughter and affection.

Kathleen Thompson Norris - Martie, the Unconquered