clam digger

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Mr. Gay, a bay man and commercial clam digger also known as Captain Phil, has been catering clambakes from Westhampton to Montauk since 1981.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2012

The shout came from the second bench from the front, where Ezekiel Bassett, clam digger and fervent religionist, was always to be found on meeting nights.

From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

"And, Billy,—'fore ye go ashore, jump into the yawl and take a look at that snatch block on the spar buoy,—that clam digger may want it 'fore night."

From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

The dog had a brooding eye upon the clam digger, who sat on a broken lobster trap a few feet away.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks

A small rake, with tines about 10 inches long and a handle of about 2 feet, used by a clam digger on Cape Cod.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.