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Little Neck U.S.
The name of a locality in Long Island, used attrib. in little neck clam to designate small specimens of the quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria, or other similar clams. Also absol.
1884Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. No. 27. 234 Another name [for the small round clam] is ‘Little Neck’, derived originally from a neck of land on the north shore of Long Island, known as Little Neck, whose clams had a superior flavour. 1899J. Hatton in People 17 Dec. 2 Regret was expressed that New York did not possess the English sole..but there was good compensation in the little-neck clam and the bass. 1910Chambers's Jrnl. July 430/2 In the restaurants the British visitor will invariably be confronted with the possibilities contained in ‘little neck clams’,..and so on. 1935J. C. Lincoln Cape Cod Yesterdays 49 Everyone eats oysters and Little Necks au naturel. 1972Guardian 1 Sept. 9/1 Clams from the Maine coast, Quahogs, ‘steamers’, Littlenecks. |