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Clambake   Listen
noun
Clambake  n.  The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.






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"Clambake" Quotes from Famous Books



... stock that pond with oysters once, and Ridge and I printed invitations for a clambake on our handpress, on the strength of them, but it was a dreadful waste of money. When we found it wasn't working, Ridge nearly killed himself diving for 'em, so we could get some good out of 'em. There they lay at the bottom, showing just as plain as possible, but it was no use—Poor ...
— While Caroline Was Growing • Josephine Daskam Bacon

... go ashore on Devil Island, where there are plenty of rocks of all kinds, and seaweed, and there we'll have a clambake," said Merry. "There is wood enough on Devil Island, too, and it is nearer to ...
— Frank Merriwell's Cruise • Burt L. Standish



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