A New England term for someone who harvests quahogs — the hard-shell clams native to the Atlantic coast of North America.
A New England term for someone who harvests quahogs — the hard-shell clams native to the Atlantic coast of North America. Quahoggers work the shallow tidal flats, often using long-handled rakes to drag up clams by the bucketful. It's hard, physical, cold work tied to the coastal identity of places like Rhode Island and Cape Cod. A quahogger can also refer to the flat-bottomed boat specifically designed for clamming in shallow water. Either way, it's unmistakably a New England thing.
His grandfather was a quahogger for forty years, knew every inch of the bay.
Quahogger means: A New England term for someone who harvests quahogs - the hard-shell clams native to the Atlantic coast of North America. Quahoggers work the shallow tidal flats, often using long-handled rakes to. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. As a place or proper-name reference it is purely descriptive.
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Quahogger means: A New England term for someone who harvests quahogs - the hard-shell clams native to the Atlantic coast of North America. Quahoggers work the shallow tidal flats, often using long-handled rakes to. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. As a place or proper-name reference it is purely descriptive.
quahogger means: A New England term for someone who harvests quahogs - the hard-shell clams native to the Atlantic coast of North America. Quahoggers work the shallow tidal flats, often using. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(US, nautical) A boat used to harvest quahogs.
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(US) A person who harvests quahogs.
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