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Quahaug

noun

Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes. Synonyms: hard-shell clam, quahog, round clam.

An edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians. Synonyms: hard-shell clam, hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, quahog, round clam, Venus mercenaria.

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... carpenters' hammers on the roof of the big Atwater mansion, which was now the property of James Colton, the New York millionaire, whose rumored coming to Denboro to live had filled the columns of the country weekly for three months. The quahaug boats were anchored just inside the Point; a clam digger was wading along the outer edge of the sedge; a lobsterman was hauling his pots in the channel; even the bluebird on the wild cherry stump had a straw ...

— The Rise of Roscoe Paine • Joseph C. Lincoln

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... for dinner—a New England clam chowder, made with milk and crackers, and clams with shells as white as snow. They were what the New Yorker calls "soft-shell" clams, for a Fulton Market chowder is a "quahaug soup" to the native ...

— Cap'n Eri • Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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... not making a great deal, of course, as yet. This was the dullest season of the year. But the Christmas trade had been good and, thanks to Nathaniel's enterprise and effort, the scallop fishermen, the quahaug rakers, and the members of the life-saving crews were once more buying their outfits at the Metropolitan Store instead of patronizing Mr. J. Cohen and The Emporium. Mr. Bangs was already selecting his summer stock; ...

— Cap'n Dan's Daughter • Joseph C. Lincoln

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