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clambake

[ klam-beyk ]

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noun

a picnic or social gathering at the seashore at which clams clam and other seafood are baked, sometimes with corn and other items, traditionally on hot stones under a covering of seaweed.
Informal. any social gathering, especially a very noisy one.

clambake

/ ˈklæmˌbeɪk /

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; clam ¹ + bake

I remember I wanted very much to dress in white for the clambake, some weeks after that, but you wouldn't allow it.

There was to be a grand excursion and clambake at Setuckit Beach and all hands was going—four catboats full.

At eleven o'clock we had the clambake with beer in the kitchen, and Mr. von Inwald came, after all.

I'm going to dig clams and catch crabs, and we'll have a clambake on shore, Sue.

One of these was an Indian clambake, neatly paved and piled with ashes and unopened clam shells.

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