cherry-pitn.

Forms: see cherry n., pit n.¹, and pit n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., pit n.¹, pit n.²

Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < cherry n. + pit n.¹; and partly (in sense 2) < cherry n. + pit n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcherry-pit.

1. A children's game which consists in throwing cherry-stones into a small pit or hole; originally the hole itself.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > throwing cherry-stones

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > throwing cherry-stones > hole

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1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. A.iii I can playe at the chery pytte.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 115 Tis not for grauity to play at cherrie pit with sathan.

1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers ii. iii. 22 Your cheeks were sunk So low and hollow, they might serve the boyes For cherripits.

a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) iii. i. 25 I have lov'd a Witch ever since I play'd at Cherry-pit.

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2. U.S. dialect. A cherry-stone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	cherry-pit
释义	cherry-pitn. Forms: see cherry n., pit n.¹, and pit n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., pit n.¹, pit n.² Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < cherry n. + pit n.¹; and partly (in sense 2) < cherry n. + pit n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcherry-pit. 1. A children's game which consists in throwing cherry-stones into a small pit or hole; originally the hole itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > throwing cherry-stones cherry-stone1519 cherry-pit1522 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > throwing cherry-stones > hole cherry-pit1632 1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. A.iii I can playe at the chery pytte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 115 Tis not for grauity to play at cherrie pit with sathan. 1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers ii. iii. 22 Your cheeks were sunk So low and hollow, they might serve the boyes For cherripits. a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) iii. i. 25 I have lov'd a Witch ever since I play'd at Cherry-pit. Categories » 2. U.S. dialect. A cherry-stone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1522
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