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cloam

/ °ì±ôəʊ³¾ /

adjective

  1. made of clay or earthenware
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. clay or earthenware pots, dishes, etc, collectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloam1

Old English clÄm mud
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Do you think you'll be left to the sound o' wailin' an' weepin' Lonely an' cold in the cloam, unmothered an' stark?

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I mind me of the dresser with the chainy white, An' the gurt big Bible as was read aSunday night; An' the old cloam tay-pot with the broken spout As wanted suant dealin' at the pourin' out.

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Mr. Crampy did so, and Bessie led him like a lamb into the kitchen, where she announced to Kezia, "Gentleman come to see the cloam."

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I ha' handled cloam all my life, as my father did avore me, and I'll quote ye a fair market price vor anything you like to show me.

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Plenty o' gentlemen, when they see a bit o' cloam that ain't quite the same as ordinary cloam, will tell ye it's worth money.

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