What does piss clam mean?

piss clam

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

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noun

A clam which squirts water, such as a geoduck (Panopea generosa) or a long-neck clam (Mya arenaria).

Informal

"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."
"When we saw a piss clam piss up through the mud, we would dig him up with the pitchfork."
"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."

piss clams (plural)

pisser

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