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Definition of Clamshells
1. clamshell [n] - See also: clamshell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clamshells
Literary usage of Clamshells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port of Milwaukee: Historical--descriptive--prospective by Milwaukee (Wis.), Board of Harbor Commissioners (1922)
"Milwaukee River — Commerce Street Dock — Two Heyl & Patterson electrically-operated
portable bridges with 2-ton clamshells; unloading capacity 350 tons per ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"If it were not for muskrats, how little would the fisherman see or know of
fresh-water clamshells or clams! In the Great Meadows again the loon (? ..."
3. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States: Annotated for Statistical ...edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun edited by Stephen Koplan, Deanna Tanner Okun (2006)
"Machinery with a 360° revolving superstructure: of Quantity General Backhoes,
shovels, clamshells and draglines . J Free New: Crawler mounted: Other J No. ..."
4. Business Guide to Waste Reduction and Recycling: A Step-by-Step Guide to (1993)
"Used in clear (transparent) clamshells, as well as those used at takeout salad bars.
All other resins. Rarely recycled. Note: The Benelux countries (Belguim ..."
5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"I see many places where they have left clamshells recently. Now gather all your
apples, if you have not before, or the frost will have them. ..."
6. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1915)
"... this last brid being one of the latest installations, if not the last one,
where tv were used exclusively, or before the introduction of clamshells. ..."
7. Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau (1908)
"There were many of the large clamshells filled with sand; and sometimes one valve
was separately filled exactly even, as if it had been heaped and then ..."
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