quahog
noun
an edible clam, Venus (sometimesMercenaria ) mercenaria, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast, having a relatively thick shell.
quahaug
-
a variation of
quahog.
Example Sentences
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She seemed a little relieved, I thought, but when I asked questions she shut up like a quahaug.
From Fair Harbor by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
I thought probably you had gone to dig another quahaug.
From Galusha the Magnificent by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
She'd turn a dead quahaug into a live lobster, I should imagine, if anyone could.
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
I'm going to be a man if I can—a quahaug, if I can't.
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
If those two had not met I should not be writing this to-day, I might not be writing at all; instead of having become a Bayport "quahaug" I might have been the Lord knows what.
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
