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cherry pits

cherry pits is the plural of cherry pit.

Meaning of cherry pit

Noun

cherry pit (plural cherry pits)

  1. The stone of a cherry.
    Synonyms:
    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!c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act 3, scene 4

Questions about cherry pits

What is cherry pits the plural of?
Cherry pits is the plural of cherry pit.

Words near cherry pits in the dictionary

  1. cherry picking
  2. cherry picks
  3. cherry pie
  4. cherry pies
  5. cherry pit
  6. cherry pits
  7. cherry pitter
  8. cherry pitters
  9. cherry plum
  10. cherry plums
  11. cherry red

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