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Definition of Clammed
1. clam [v] - See also: clam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clammed
Literary usage of Clammed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1874)
"DERBYSHIRE, CHURCH GREASLEY, Dec., 1886: He's clammed to death [aey) z ...
3i miles SW of MARKET BOSWORTH, Dec., 1886 : He's welly (nearly) clammed [ey)z ..."
2. Four Dialect Words: Clem, Lake, Nesh, and Oss : Their Modern Dialectal Range by Thomas Hallam (1885)
"NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, FINNINGLEY, Aug., 1886: Nearly clammed to death ... Ditto UPTON,
3^ miles SW of MARKET BOSWORTH, Dec., 1886 : He's welly (nearly) clammed ..."
3. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"If ye stay upon the heath Ye'll be choked and clammed to death." Clare's Poems, p.
71. GOTH, klammen, to pinch. clammed, ) Starved with hunger. ..."
4. Dialect of the West Riding of Yorkshire: A Short History of Leeds and Other by Samuel Dyer (1891)
"Father clammed twice a week ; " God's will be done." —Eb. Elliott's Corn Law Rhymes.
My entrails Were clammed with keeping a perpetual fast.—Marston. ..."
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