clams
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8.6
- noun
- /klæmz/
- Archaic
:
dinero
- 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
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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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9.6
An informal US word for one dollar
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9.9
Money in the form of cash or paper bills
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9.9
Money you use to buy things
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9.9
A slang word for money, often cash
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9.0
An informal, playful word for money from Spanish
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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 cash that people use to buy things
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9.9
An informal word for money, especially dollars
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9.9
An informal word for money
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9.9
An informal name for money someone has to spend
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9.9
Cash or coins that someone has
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9.9
An informal word for money
A playful word children use to mean money
Paper money and coins that you can spend
Informal British word for money, especially cash
Money that people use to buy things
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'.