clam diggers
noun
casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
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clamdiggers
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Etymology
Origin of clam diggers
1850–55, for literal sense
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“People like clam diggers and fishermen would go out brushing after the fishing season was over, and it was a way to bring in some income, especially right before Christmas, heading into the lean months.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
They look like a pair of clam diggers, slowly tiptoeing through the shallow water and its muck until the newly soaked ball is in their grasp.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
“They’re so abundant, and you’re talking to traditional clam diggers who go out with rakes,” Barrett told me.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2020
They make notes on coffee filters instead of index cards and wear clam diggers and sensible sneakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2017
I presume you are quite right; they probably were nothing more than clam diggers originally.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.
The launch and aqua-plane were drawn up on the beach and soon sixteen busy clam-diggers were bending over, laughing, and calling to each other, at every clam discovered.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
By the dingy little windows, on which the rain was now beating sharply, four or five dirty sailors and clam-diggers were gathered, lounging on the counter and kegs, while one read a newspaper aloud slowly.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
The boatmen and clam-diggers arose early and stopt for me, I tuck'd my trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time; You should have been with us that day round the chowder-kettle.
From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt
The boatman and clam-diggers arose early and stopt for me, I tucked my trouser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time; You should have been with us that day round the chowder-kettle.
From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)
The clam-diggers came up with a large reward for their aching backs and sun-burn, and the plan of starting a list of fish was proposed by the Chief.
From The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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