piss clam

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piss clam

Noun

piss clam (plural piss clams)

(informal) A clam which squirts water, such as a geoduck (Panopea generosa) or a long-neck clam (Mya arenaria).
Synonym: pisser
- 1998, Charles Simmons, Salt Water, Chronicle Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 157:
  Some years we dug for piss clams. Small holes showed up here and there in the wet sand at low tide. When you stepped next to one a stream of water shot up your leg and you knew a steamer was underneath.
- 2012, Bob Vargovcik, Bayonne Boy, AuthorHouse, published 2012, →ISBN, page 14:
  When we saw a piss clam piss up through the mud, we would dig him up with the pitchfork.
- 2013, James Kirkwood, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, St. Martin's Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 142:
  Me, happy as a piss clam at high tide, workin' as a busboy in a deli afternoons and nights, other odd jobs during the day.

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