Clams Casino Definition
klămz
noun
Clams on the half shell typically topped with chopped green pepper, bacon, butter, and other ingredients and baked.
American Heritage
Broiled clams topped with garlic butter, bacon, bread crumbs, etc. and served in their bottom shells.
Webster's New World
Origin of Clams Casino
Perhaps after The Casino a restaurant in Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, where the dish is said to have been invented around 1917
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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