单词 | clambake |
释义 | clambaken. U.S. a. A baking, Indian-fashion, upon hot stones, of a mass of clams (often overlaid with layers of potatoes, Indian corn, fish, etc.); a favourite feature of pic-nic excursions to the sea-shore in U.S.; hence applied to the pic-nic party itself. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fish dishes > [noun] > shell-fish or crustacean dishes musculadea1475 oyster loaf1747 clambake1835 lobster Newburg1914 tempura1920 moules marinière1928 scampi1930 lobster thermidor1933 shrimp cocktail1937 étouffée1958 chao tom1969 vongole1977 stuffie1980 the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [noun] > clam-bake or fish-fry squantum1812 fish-fry1824 bake1835 clambake1835 1835 Gentleman's Vade Mecum (Philadelphia) 5 Sept. 2/1 A Clam Bake—Our curiousity [sic] has been gratified, as to the nature of the festival understood by this term. 1848–60 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Clam-bake. At a grand political mass-meeting in favour of Gen. Harrison on the 4th of July 1840, nearly 10,000 persons assembled in Rhode Island, for whom a clam-bake and chowder were prepared. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Sept. 12/1 At a recent..festival in Connecticut a gigantic clambake was cooked which was 25 ft. long and 10 ft. wide, and consisted of 2,000 ears of corn, 600 pounds of lobster, 600 pounds of fish, 1,000 chickens, innumerable oysters and clams, two barrels of sweet potatoes and two of the ordinary kind, and the whole topped off with two immense plum puddings and 150 water melons. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 June 5/2 A clam bake is an institution indigenous to this soil. Long before Puritans..found out its savour, the red man..indulged in clam bakes. 1945 W. H. Auden Coll. Poetry 134 That caged rebuked question Occasionally let out at clambakes or College reunions. 1962 Times 6 Apr. 7/1 Dig razor clams for an outdoor clambake. b. transferred. Applied to other gatherings, esp. one that is loud or lively; an enjoyable time; spec. in Jazz, a jam-session. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > lively or rowdy racket1745 rooty-toot1852 razoo1864 shindig1871 ram sammy1891 whoopee1909 ding-dong1936 clambake1937 knees-up1939 rave1960 rave-up1967 bashment1996 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > musical session session1927 jam1929 jam session1929 clambake1937 skiffle1946 bash1949 blow1962 open mike1978 1937 Amer. Speech 12 46/1 Clambake, same as jam session. 1938 Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Sept. 188/3 Swing musicians..blaze away at a real ‘clambake’ (free-style swing playing). 1945 Chicago Daily News 31 Mar. 4/1 The big United Nations clambake at San Francisco will be operated like a hod-carriers' convention. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 131 Life was going to be one long clambake. 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xvii. 206 The Dixie outfit he called the Clambake Seven—in cheerful adoption of the term used by jazz musicians both in annoyed disparagement of a poor jam session and in warm approbation of a good one. c. An inadequate or unsuccessful broadcast programme. slang. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of news bulletin1857 news summary1875 police message1886 newsflash1904 headline1908 play-by-play1909 feature1913 spot ad1916 magazine1921 news1923 time signal1923 outside broadcast1924 radiocast1924 amateur hour1925 bulletin1925 serial1926 commentary1927 rebroadcast1927 school broadcast1927 feature programme1928 trailer1928 hour1930 schools broadcast1930 show1930 spot advertisement1930 spot announcement1930 sustaining1931 flash1934 newscast1934 commercial1935 clambake1937 remote1937 repeat1937 snap1937 soap opera1939 sportcast1939 spot commercial1939 daytimer1940 magazine programme1941 season1942 soap1943 soaper1946 parade1947 public service announcement1948 simulcasting1949 breakfast-time television1952 call-in1952 talkathon1952 game show1953 kidvid1955 roundup1958 telenovela1961 opt-out1962 miniseries1963 simulcast1964 soapie1964 party political1966 novela1968 phone-in1968 sudser1968 schools programme1971 talk-in1971 God slot1972 roadshow1973 trail1973 drama-doc1977 informercial1980 infotainment1980 infomercial1981 kideo1983 talk-back1984 indie1988 omnibus1988 teleserye2000 kidult- 1937 in Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 12 Dec. §4, 14. 1941 Word Study May 2/2 The possibility that two or three commentators..will talk simultaneously and confuse the radio audience. This is what we mean by a ‘clam bake’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835 |
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