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Grammar : Noun
Spell : klam
Phonetic Transcription : klæm

Définition of clam

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun bivalve living in ocean
Example sentences :
  • Only say he go muchee to clam bake, go fishee and much smokee.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870 » by Various
  • When a person has lickt out the meet of a clam he throws the shell away.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 » by Various
  • I can sprawl on that seaweed and be as comfortable as a gull on a clam flat.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Azuba's clam fritters were neglected that noon, just as breakfast had been.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • If it hadn't been for you I'd have lost my life and Babbie'd have lost her clam chowder.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "Set down," ordered Dorinda, who was taking a clam pie from the oven.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Why, he'd shut up tighter'n a clam at low water and he'd give you fits besides.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I dropped a piece of clam into the water, and the new-comer seized it.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 » by Various
  • If your crabs will not eat bits of clam, try them with tiny mouthfuls of fish.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 » by Various
  • "It's your kind of clam chowder, too," said Mrs. Hills, shaking her head.
  • Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

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