clams
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8.6
- noun
- /klæmz/
- Archaic
- Even had dinner with some of the monks we made Clams Kokkinisto.
Examples
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Unless, of course, Mr. Wu-Gang Clams would like to help with some poopy?
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His first band, The Baked Clams, was a fraternity band.
Blog text (15) -
Hey, now she’s eating my Clams Casino.
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Fishing for Coquina Clams.
Academic text (1996) -
I HATE CLAMS.
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LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DIVIN' FOR CLAMS.
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THOSE ARE CLAMS.
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CLAMS?
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THE FRIED CLAMS, A LITTLE SCALLOPS, SHRIMP, PIECE OF FILLET, A NICE BIG PIECE OF--
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He earned a lot of clams selling lemonade at the fair.
Synonyms
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1.0
Money in the form of coins and bills
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9.4
A slang word for money
119
8.6
An informal word for money that people use
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8.3
Informal name for money used to buy things
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9.2
An informal word for money
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9.0
An informal, playful word for money from Spanish
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9.6
An informal US word for one dollar
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9.9
Cash or coins that someone has
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9.9
Money you use to buy things
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9.9
Money you can hold, like bills or coins
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9.9
Informal word for money, often meaning cash
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9.9
Money in the form of cash or paper bills
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9.9
Money in cash that people use to buy things
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9.9
A slang word for money, often cash
2
8.6
Money that people use to buy things
2
9.9
An informal name for money someone has to spend
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9.9
An informal word for money
1
9.9
Paper money and coins that you can spend
1
9.9
An informal word for money, especially dollars
1
9.9
A playful word children use to mean money
1
9.9
An informal word for money
1
9.9
Informal British word for money, especially cash
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clams for 'money' probably comes from the shellfish clam, because people once used shells as simple 'money' in some places. A helpful way to remember it is to picture coins as little clams, so clams came to mean 'cash' or small amounts of 'money'.