cherry pit

cherry pit

English

Noun

cherry pit (plural cherry pits)

1. The stone of a cherry.
2. (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, Shakespeare, William, 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 Finnish: kirsikankivi (fi) German: Kirschkern (de) m Russian: ̱̱̱̱вишнёвая ко́сточка f (̱̱̱̱višnjóvaja kóstočka)

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