piss clam

piss clam

English

Noun

piss clam (plural piss clams)

1. (informal) A clam which squirts water, such as a geoduck (Panopea generosa) or a long-neck clam (Mya arenaria).
   • 1998, Charles Simmons, Salt Water, Chronicle Books (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 (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 (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.