Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
clamp , 2.
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Examples
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When William was growing up, the family moved from the Bottoms to a house on the brow of the hill, commanding a view of the valley, which spread out like a convex cockle-shell, or a clamp-shell, before it.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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When William was growing up, the family moved from the Bottoms to a house on the brow of the hill, commanding a view of the valley, which spread out like a convex cockle-shell, or a clamp-shell, before it.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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