Definition of Clammer

1. Noun. One who digs for clams. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clammer

1. one that clams [n -S] - See also: clams

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clammer

clambered
clamberer
clamberers
clambering
clambers
clamburger
clamdigger
clamdiggers
clame
clames
clamjamphrie
clamjamphries
clamlike
clammed
clammed up
clammer (current term)
clammers
clammier
clammiest
clammily
clamminess
clamminesses
clamming
clamming up
clammy
clammy chickweed
clammy locust
clammyweed
clamor
clamored

Literary usage of Clammer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1857)
"It is true clammer is not in use, but clem (1. q. clam) is. ... Surely such a word as clammer was more appropriate in the mouth of a clown than Mr. Singer's ..."

2. Shell-fish Industries by James Lawrence Kellogg (1910)
"accessible to the clammer. Beaches so covered with large stones that the ground ... It is interesting to watch an expert clammer at his back-breaking work, ..."

3. The Bookman (1906)
"THE clammer By WILLIAM J. HOPKINS "The heroine's name was Eve, and the clammer there- upon promptly christens himself Adam. Theirs is a dainty love-story, ..."

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