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名詞

clam-diggers pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of clamdiggers.
   • 1955, Mary Sellars, “Bittersweet”, in George E. Murphy, Helen Rand Miller, Thomas J. Quinn, Let’s Read! Book 4, The Bronze Book: Reading for Life, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, Unit 4 (Families Are Important: Understanding Words), page 246:

     She pulled on her clam-diggers and shirt and ran downstairs.

   • 1988 November, Patt Bucheister, chapter 6, in Time Out (Loveswept; 292), Toronto, Ont.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 97:

     She was about to drop the key in the pocket of her clam-diggers when he said, “Put it in my pocket. If you start turning cartwheels or something, you may lose it.”

   • 2009, Patricia Adams Farmer, chapter 16, in The Metaphor Maker, Estrella de Mar Publications, published 2010, →ISBN, page 190:

     Her clam-diggers protected her legs from the wind, but the Berkeley tee under her sweater was feeling nearly thread-bare.