clam

nounbivalve living in ocean

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noun bivalve living in ocean

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Word Origin & History

bivalve mollusk, c.1500, in clam-shell, originally Scottish, apparently a particular use from Middle English clam "pincers, vice, clamp" (late 14c.), from Old English clamm "bond, fetter, grip, grasp," from Proto-Germanic *klam- "to press or squeeze together" (cf. Old High German klamma "cramp, fetter, constriction," German Klamm "a constriction"). If this is right then the original reference is to the shell. Clam-chowder attested from 1822. To be happy as a clam is from 1833, but the earliest uses do not elaborate on the notion behind it, unless it be self-containment.

Example Sentences for clam

Only say he go muchee to clam bake, go fishee and much smokee.

When a person has lickt out the meet of a clam he throws the shell away.

I can sprawl on that seaweed and be as comfortable as a gull on a clam flat.

Azuba's clam fritters were neglected that noon, just as breakfast had been.

If it hadn't been for you I'd have lost my life and Babbie'd have lost her clam chowder.

"Set down," ordered Dorinda, who was taking a clam pie from the oven.

Why, he'd shut up tighter'n a clam at low water and he'd give you fits besides.

I dropped a piece of clam into the water, and the new-comer seized it.

If your crabs will not eat bits of clam, try them with tiny mouthfuls of fish.

"It's your kind of clam chowder, too," said Mrs. Hills, shaking her head.

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dollar

dollars

mollusk

mouth

quieten

quietened

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dollars

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mouth

quieten

quietened

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dollar