clem
[ klem ]
/ klɛm /
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verb (used with or without object), clemmed, clem·ming.British Dialect.
to starve.
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Origin of clem
1530–40; akin to Middle English forclemmed (past participle) pinched with hunger, Old English beclemman to fetter
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clem
clam
/ (klɛm) /
verb clems, clemming, clemmed, clams, clamming or clammed
(when tr, usually passive) English dialect to be hungry or cause to be hungry
Word Origin for clem
C16: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch, German klemmen to pinch, cramp; compare Old English beclemman to shut in
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