(informal, US) A device of dubious accuracy used to measure the volume of an audience’s applause.
1989, Nov.–Dec., The Alcalde, volume 78, № 2, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gNcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=%22applauseometer%22&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0&ei=I0l8S47RCorCM8mp3M8H&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22applauseometer%22&f=false page 24]
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