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clem [klɛm], clam
vb clems, clemming, clemmed, clams clamming, clammed
(when tr, usually passive) English dialect to be hungry or cause to be hungry
[of Germanic origin; related to Dutch, German klemmen to pinch, cramp; compare Old English beclemman to shut in]


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