cloam

/ kləʊm /

adjective

1. made of clay or earthenware

noun

1. clay or earthenware pots, dishes, etc, collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloam¹

Old English clām mud

Example Sentences

Do you think you'll be left to the sound o' wailin' an' weepin' Lonely an' cold in the cloam, unmothered an' stark?

From Project Gutenberg

I mind me of the dresser with the chainy white, An' the gurt big Bible as was read aSunday night; An' the old cloam tay-pot with the broken spout As wanted suant dealin' at the pourin' out.

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Mr. Crampy did so, and Bessie led him like a lamb into the kitchen, where she announced to Kezia, "Gentleman come to see the cloam."

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I ha' handled cloam all my life, as my father did avore me, and I'll quote ye a fair market price vor anything you like to show me.

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Plenty o' gentlemen, when they see a bit o' cloam that ain't quite the same as ordinary cloam, will tell ye it's worth money.

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