cherry pit

Meanings

nouncherry pit (plural cherry pits)

The stone of a cherry.
Synonyms: cherry stone
obsoletegamesA children's game in which players attempt to knock marbles into a hole without losing their taw in the same hole.
What, man! 'tis not for / gravity to play at cherry-pit with Satan: hang / him, foul collier!
c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 3, scene 4

nounThe stone of a cherry.

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Also see

Dutch kersenpit, kersensteen

Finnish kirsikankivi

German Kirschkern, Kirschstein

Russian ̱̱̱̱вишнёвая ко́сточка

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