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Definition of Clambake
1. Noun. A cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed.
Definition of Clambake
1. n. The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
Definition of Clambake
1. Noun. a beach party in which clams and other food are cooked in a pit dug in the sand; the clams are cooked on hot stones and are covered with seaweed ¹
2. Adjective. ''fig. attrib.'' informal, makeshift, sloppy ¹
3. Verb. (slang) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clambake
1. a beach picnic [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clambake
Literary usage of Clambake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Evil in Chicago: A Study of Existing Conditions with by Chicago (Ill.). Vice Commission (1911)
"The following is a description of a clambake in one of the saloons, ...
Invitations to this clambake were spread broadcast two or three weeks before the ..."
2. The Long Ago and the Later on: Or, Recollections of Eighty Years by George Tisdale Bromley (1904)
"Upon arriving at the hotel I met a party of gentlemen who were just on the eve
of starting for a clambake which was being prepared some few miles down the ..."
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