They hurled stones, wielded sticks and clubs and whips, administered slaps and clouts, and, when they touched him, were cunning to hurt with pinch and twist and wrench. |
Not that he lasts long, as his opponent viciously clouts him from behind. |
If anyone clouts the ball harder than the midfielder you would not want to be on the receiving end. |
Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukFOR Sebastian Barry, an Irish novelist and playwright, history is not passive but an active force that pursues his characters and clouts them over the head. |
There's certainly an abundance of May blossom about, and the excellent weather has seen me casting clouts like they were going out of fashion. |
Clouts Wood is an area of ancient woodland of oak and ash, one mile south of Wroughton. |