| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.37 | A backfriend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermands | A back friend, a shoulder-clapper, one that countermãds |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.59 | He will clapper-claw thee tightly, bully. | He will Clapper-claw thee tightly (Bully.) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.60 | Clapper-de-claw? Vat is dat? | Clapper-de-claw? vat is dat? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.62 | By gar, me do look he shall clapper-de-claw me, | By-gar, me doe looke hee shall clapper-de-claw me, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.12 | bell and his tongue is the clapper, for what his heart | bell, and his tongue is the clapper, for what his heart |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.1 | Now they are clapper-clawing one another; | Now they are clapper-clawing one another, |