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hard clam

noun

  1. a quahog.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hard clam1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

The soft clam is long and thin, instead of being almost round, like a hard clam.

It is to this family that the quahog or hard clam of our markets belongs.

They wanted the large shells of the hard clam, and soon each had one.

There are two kinds, the soft clam and the hard clam; but none of them are alive.

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