English Explanatory Dictionary

clamdiggers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Waders; rubber pants (including oversized boots) worn when wading in shallow water, especially when digging for clams with a clam rake.
  2. A kind of short trousers for women, usually ending at midcalf.
  3. A non-auger posthole digger of a hand tool type with hinged operation.
noun
  1. plural of clamdigger

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-clamdiggers.wav

Word forms

clamdiggers clam diggers clam-diggers

Etymology

From clam + diggers.

Synonyms

capri pants
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