different between countneck vs cherrystone
countneck
English
Noun
countneck (plural countnecks)
- (US) A very small clam.
- Synonym: peanut
- Coordinate terms: littleneck, topneck
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cherrystone
English
Etymology
cherry +? stone
Noun
cherrystone (plural cherrystones)
- (used as a size classification by fish merchants) A hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) that is larger than a countneck, littleneck or topneck but smaller than a quahog.
- 1937, Damon Runyon, A Piece of Pie
- Miss Violette Shumberger names twelve dozen cherrystone clams as the second course, and Joe Duffle says two gallons of Philadelphia pepperpot soup as the third.
- 1937, Damon Runyon, A Piece of Pie
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