The mouth. A piece of slang corresponding to “potato-trap.”
1800. Mister Speaker’s decisions, Judge Cooper’s clam trap, &c. (? clap trap).—The Aurora, Phila., March 24.
1800. Otis shut up his clam trap—like Otis—sly dog.—Id., April 8.
1825. Shet your clam, our David. You never seed a mess o’ young cubs, arter a hard frost.—John Neal, ‘Brother Jonathan,’ i. 143.
