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“claques”
1. A group of people who are hired to applaud, or to heckle, a performer or public speaker and even to cheer certain performers: The claques provide acting artists with a guarantee of applause and in return they receive free passes to the ballet or dramatic presentations which have been allocated or distributed to the dancers or actors.
2. Sycophantic followers, or servile self-seekers, of a well-known person: The famous actor was often surrounded by a claque of adoring people who wanted him to notice them so they could take his picture; especially, when he would stand next to them in the photographs.
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2. Sycophantic followers, or servile self-seekers, of a well-known person: The famous actor was often surrounded by a claque of adoring people who wanted him to notice them so they could take his picture; especially, when he would stand next to them in the photographs.
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