On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 04:25:22PM -0500, Fred Shapiro wrote: > HDAS's earliest example of _clam_ 'dollar' is dated 1886. Can Barry, > Jonathon, Tom, Joanne, or anyone else supply anything earlier than this? I can't (but thanks for asking), but I do have an 1865 for _clam_ 'vulva or vagina', antedating HDAS by 50 years or so.... Jesse Sheidlower OED