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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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
She'd turn a dead quahaug into a live lobster, I should imagine, if anyone could.
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
The younger callers, particularly the masculine portion, would not have objected to my silence, I am sure, but "my niece" seemed to take mischievous pleasure in drawing the quahaug out of his shell.
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
A middle-aged quahaug should be phlegmatic and philosophical; I once had a reputation for both qualities, but I seemed to possess neither now.
From Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
She and Jimmie Bacheldor picked up shells, built sand forts, skipped flat stones along the surface of the water at high tide, and picked up scallops and an occasional quahaug at low water.
From Mary-'Gusta by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
