Definition of Cherrystones

1. Noun. (plural of cherrystone) ¹

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Definition of Cherrystones

1. cherrystone [n] - See also: cherrystone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherrystones

cherry tree
cherry trees
cherry wood
cherryade
cherryades
cherrying
cherryless
cherrylike
cherrypick
cherrypicked
cherrypicking
cherrypicks
cherrypie
cherrystone
cherrystone clam
cherrystones (current term)
cherrywood
chersonese
chert
chertier
chertiest
chertiness
cherts
cherty
cherub
cherubic
cherubic facies
cherubical
cherubically
cherubim

Literary usage of Cherrystones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1884)
"I then gave Mr. Oldham the same admonition, respecting the duties of his office, I had given to Mr. Jacob, the Searcher at cherrystones; and thus terminated ..."

2. The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"The same critic predicated of Milton, that he could not cut figures upon cherrystones. Pope glorified correctness, and dedicated himself to cherrystones ..."

3. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1869)
"The cherrystones deservedly hold the first rank, but are practi- ... and aD oysters planted become of superior quality, and are sold abroad as cherrystones. ..."

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