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Beach cookout, of a sort
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clambake
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Word definitions for clambake in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And can that be a PolarTec pullover Ormond wears on the beach for their clambake ?
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1835, American English, from clam (n.) + bake (n.). By 1937 in jazz slang transferred to "an enjoyable time generally," especially "jam session."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clambake \Clam"bake\, n. The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Clambake is a 1967 American musical film directed by Arthur H. Nadel and starring Elvis Presley , Shelley Fabares , and Bill Bixby . Written for the screen by Arthur Browne Jr., the film is about the heir to an oil fortune who trades places with a water-ski ...
Usage examples of clambake.
Ridge and I printed invitations for a clambake on our handpress, on the strength of them, but it was a dreadful waste of money.
The beer bottles were twelve-ounce stubbies, the little fat ones you never see anywhere but at clambakes and sandlot ball games.
The rocks were hard, but each of them had experienced clambakes before and would have disdained any more comfortable seat, after all 5 .
All over the island children played Frisbee and baseball, while clambakes steamed under their blankets of seaweed and canvas, and backyard grills sent up clouds of acrid smoke.
Nothing except one of the giant lobsters for the upcoming Annual Clambake.
I came along on this clambake to snap the cord that ties those two locations together.
This time, he acted like he was at the clambake and it was his turn to tell a joke and he had a whopper saved up.
Mother into a clambake because pretty soon the tide will be going out and it would be so fun!
As it happened, most of the Fall River Police Department was out at their annual picnic and clambake at Rocky Point, Rhode Island.
The monorail's interior was steaming clambake hot, as Wade, Ted and Bryan whooshed above a Walt Disney World lake.
He's probably planning a surprise clambake or organizing a happy-wappy balloon-o-gram or something dorky.
We're trying to talk Mother into a clambake because pretty soon the tide will be going out and it would be so fun!
It's been years since I've done a clambake and I could use a little help with these four rambunctious daughters of ours.
I want a look-alike for Borden at the clambake, and two luckless fishermen in a little rowboat right offshore, dead ringers for the saints Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
A beachside condo: two bedrooms, large deck, ocean view, clambakes every night.