cherry pit

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cherry pit

noun cherry pits

  1. The stone of a cherry.

    Similar: cherry stone

  2. obsolete A 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!

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noun stone of a cherry

DeutschKirschkern, Kirschstein, Kirschenstein
Русский̱̱̱̱вишнёвая ко́сточка ̱̱̱̱višnjóvaja kóstočka

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@misc{cherry_pit_2026,
  title = {cherry pit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cherry%20pit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}