different between topneck vs cherrystone

topneck

English

Etymology

top +? neck

Noun

topneck (plural topnecks)

  1. A quahog clam that is larger than a littleneck but smaller than a cherrystone.

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cherrystone

English

Etymology

cherry +? stone

Noun

cherrystone (plural cherrystones)

  1. (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.

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