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round clam

noun



round clam

noun

  1. another name for the quahog
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of round clam1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

The tide was extremely low, and Ichabod was aware that now was the time to reach the place where round clams grew in great abundance.

The family in which this rat lived, had just purchased some round clams, and they were placed in the cellar.

He had dug a peck or two of the large round clams, and two or three throws of his cast-net as we came through the creek procured a dozen mullet.

About twelve years ago, I hired a whale-boat and four black men, and proceeded to Long-Island after a load of round clams.

Enormous quantities of mussels of great size, some measuring eight and ten inches in length, covered the shores in many places, and round clams are also abundant.

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