cherry-pitter

plural cherry-pitters

1. alternativeAlternative form of cherry pitter.

   Cherries: Wash and dry fruit. Remove stems and pits (buy a cherry-pitter at a kitchen supply store).

   1982, Norma M. MacRae, Canning and Preserving without Sugar, Seattle, Wash.: Pacific Search Press, →ISBN, page 38

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   Essie brought me a cherry-pitter and some apricot jam and I gave her a patent bottle cover and one veal chop I did not need and so we were even.

   1938 August 11, Irma Rosenthal Frankenstein, “Staying Afloat during the 1930s”, in Ellen FitzSimmons Steinberg, editor, Irma: A Chicago Woman’s Story, 1871–1966, Iowa City, Ia.: University of Iowa Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 136

   Mark Twain claimed that women, if given enough time and hairpins, could build a battleship. Hairpins, also mighty useful as cherry-pitters, are growing scarce. You may prefer to substitute a fresh, strong pen point inserted in a clean holder—although these accessories, too, we regret to report, are harder and harder to come across, as is a cherry-pitter like the one shown on 798.

   1975, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Joy of Cooking, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., published 1980, →ISBN, page 134, column 2

   In a room off the hallway he saw an old peach-peeler and a cherry-pitter and other kitchen gadgets on display, and he headed for them, feeling on the right track.

   1980, David Wagoner, The Hanging Garden, Boston, Mass.: Atlantic Monthly Press, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 37

   Use a cherry-pitter, available at kitchen supply shops, or the tip of a vegetable peeler to remove pits.

   1989, Marlene Brown, International Produce Cookbook & Guide: Recipes plus Buying & Storing Information, Los Angeles, Calif.: HPBooks, →ISBN, page 31

   There is also an unusual collection of old appliances including a cherry-pitter, mincer, and dough maker collected by Sam, a former household appliance designer.

   1989, Deborah Edwards Sakach, Timothy J. Sakach, The Official Guide to American Historic Inns, 2nd edition, Dana Point, Calif.: Association of American Historic Inns, →ISBN, page 173, column 3