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clambake

[klam-bayk] / ˈklæmˌbeɪk /














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Hopefully you already know about this nutty clambake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Hundreds of years before Europeans arrived on New England shores, Native Americans created the clambake by digging pits in the sand to steam them with lobster.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

I live in a city apartment with no outdoor space, but that doesn’t stop me from regularly making a full-on New England-style clambake for dinner.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022

The resulting party — a clambake on a Hamptons beach — was such a resounding success that Mr. Cuomo decided Ms. Gollust should work for him.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

Since our evening's experience at the clambake camp, we had been industriously studying the Chinook language, and we could understand that she was asking if we were afraid of the rough waters.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by F. N. (Frederick N.) Wilson


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