clam digger

plural clam diggers

1. alternativeAlternative form of clamdigger.

   It was said that if a clam digger did not have a clam in the air at all times, he was too slow.

   2002 December, Katherine Johnson, “Working the Swikshak Beach”, in Buried Dreams: The Rise and Fall of a Clam Cannery on the Katmai Coast (NPS D-87), [Anchorage, Alas.]: Katmai National Park and Preserve, →OCLC, page 56

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   I provided myself with a stick, sharpened at the end like a clam digger, and half a nut to scoop the dirt with.

   1819, Alexander Smith [pseudonym; Charles Lenox Sargent], The Life of Alexander Smith, Captain of the Island of Pitcairn; […], Boston, Mass.: […] Sylvester T. Goss, →OCLC, page 28

   As how to best use it I gave that a lot of thought and decided to invest in buying a work skiff and set of bull raking gear and became a bull raker, a clam digger, I would be outdoors, on the water, be my own boss, have a very flexible work schedule but most of all I would be able to take care of my kids.

   2011, John Lawless, “The Spoils”, in Pot Luck: A Sea Story, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 11