clam
noun
any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.
clammer
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a word derived from
clam.
Example Sentences
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“If this lets a clammer work, and he just needs to set up nets and things to make it, he’ll do it,” said Wendell Cressey, a clammer who plans to farm in Arrowsic.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2018
Moving north for quahogs was a way to remain a clammer.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2016
When a nice specimen was first found, an old-time clammer stored it in a used tobacco can he kept in his pocket.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2015
A Maine clammer might typically earn an annual income of around $30,000.
From Scientific American ● May 30, 2013
And, albeit a conscience is not for a fisherman,—he cannot afford it,—a clammer may be pricked and stabbed and plagued by that he would willingly get rid of.
From The Clammer and the Submarine by William John Hopkins
