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clam-flat

American  
[klam-flat] / ˈklæmˌflæt /
Or clam flat

noun

New England.
  1. a level stretch of mud, exposed by the tide, where clams burrow.


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They made long excursions up and down-stream for the sheer delight of wandering, and found fresh interest in every clam-flat, lily cove, or sprouting bed of sweet-flag.

From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

What did you cal'late I was tryin' to save—the clam-flat?

From The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Louderback, Walt

So Tess—with much assistance from Dot—related their exciting adventures since the wooden-legged clam-digger had shown them what it was that squirted water up through the tiny holes on the clam-flat.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks

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