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Posted By: GUEST,Q
10-Apr-03 - 02:47 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Origins of 'Happy As A Clam'
Subject: RE: Folklore: Origins of 'Happy As A Clam'

Abbreviated from "Happy as a clam at high tide (or high water)" This appears in American print in the 1830s-1840s.
From the OED (1987 revision).