Meaning & use
Clamdigger
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A person who digs for clams in sand or mud, typically along a shoreline, for food or commercial sale.
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At low tide, clamdiggers waded out with buckets and rakes to work the flats.
The local economy once depended heavily on clamdiggers harvesting the bay each season.
A note on using this word
The word also inspired "clam diggers," a style of cropped trousers originally worn by shoreline clam harvesters to keep their pant legs dry.
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