clamdiggers

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noun

Waders; rubber pants (including oversized boots) worn when wading in shallow water, especially when digging for clams with a clam rake.

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capri pants
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Meanings

clamdiggers1

nounclamdiggers pl (plural only)

alternative clam diggers · alternative clam-diggers

  1. pluralplural onlyWaders; rubber pants (including oversized boots) worn when wading in shallow water, especially when digging for clams with a clam rake.
  2. pluralplural onlyA kind of short trousers for women, usually ending at midcalf.

    Synonyms: capri pants

  3. pluralplural onlyusuallyA non-auger posthole digger of a hand tool type with hinged operation.

clamdiggers2

noun
  1. pluralplural of clamdigger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of short trousers for women, usually ending at midcalf.

Similar
capri pants
Also see
capri pants

Origin

clamdiggers · noun

From clam + diggers.

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clamdiggers · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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APA

clamdiggers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clamdiggers

MLA

“clamdiggers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clamdiggers. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clamdiggers,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clamdiggers.

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