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clamdiggers

clamdiggers noun: waders; rubber pants (including oversized boots) worn when wading in shallow water, especially when digging for clams with a clam rake. Also the plural of clamdigger.

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.

Also used as

clamdiggers is also the plural of clamdigger.

Synonyms of clamdiggers

Forms of clamdiggers

alternative formclam diggers
alternative formclam-diggers

Origin of clamdiggers

From clam + diggers.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about clamdiggers

What does clamdiggers mean?
Clamdiggers means waders; rubber pants (including oversized boots) worn when wading in shallow water, especially when digging for clams with a clam rake.
What part of speech is clamdiggers?
Clamdiggers is a noun.

Words near clamdiggers in the dictionary

  1. clambroth
  2. clambroths
  3. clamburger
  4. clamburgers
  5. clamdigger
  6. clamdiggers
  7. clameur de haro
  8. clamflat
  9. clamflats
  10. clamjamfrey
  11. clamjamfry

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