clam diggers
Example Sentences
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“People like clam diggers and fishermen would go out brushing after the fishing season was over, and it was a way to bring in some income, especially right before Christmas, heading into the lean months.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
They look like a pair of clam diggers, slowly tiptoeing through the shallow water and its muck until the newly soaked ball is in their grasp.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
“They’re so abundant, and you’re talking to traditional clam diggers who go out with rakes,” Barrett told me.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2020
They make notes on coffee filters instead of index cards and wear clam diggers and sensible sneakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2017
I presume you are quite right; they probably were nothing more than clam diggers originally.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by James A. Cooper
