Alongshore the soft clam is the only clam used for fritters; the tough, long-keeping quahog is shipped to the less-enlightened "city trade."

Purchase a dozen large soft clams in the shell and three dozen opened clams.

They found Bob Trent there, loading up his wagon with soft clams, which he had just dug.

"We've been living on soft clams lately, and I have to go out quite a way to dig them."