cherry pit

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Noun

cherry pit (plural cherry pits)

2. The stone of a cherry.

   Synonym: cherrystone

   Hypernyms: pit, stone, seed pit; pip; (botany) pyrena, pyrene

   Coordinate term: peach pit

3. (games, obsolete) A children's game in which players attempt to knock marbles into a hole without losing their taw in the same hole.
   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 3, scene 4:

     What, man! 'tis not for / gravity to play at cherry-pit with Satan: hang / him, foul collier!

Translations

stone of a cherry

Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: kersenpit (nl) m or f, kersensteen m Finnish: kirsikankivi (fi) German: Kirschkern (de) m, Kirschstein m, Kirschenstein m Russian: ̱̱̱̱вишнёвая ко́сточка f (̱̱̱̱višnjóvaja kóstočka)

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