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clam-diggers

clam-diggers is the alternative form of clamdiggers.

clam-diggers is the plural of clam-digger.

Meaning of clamdiggers

Noun

clamdiggers pl (plural only)

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

Questions about clam-diggers

What is clam-diggers the alternative form of?
Clam-diggers is the alternative form of clamdiggers.

Words near clam-diggers in the dictionary

  1. Clam Union
  2. clam up
  3. clam worm
  4. clam worms
  5. clam-digger
  6. clam-diggers
  7. clam-shell
  8. clam-shells
  9. clamancy
  10. clamant
  11. clamantly

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