different between topneck vs cherrystone
topneck
English
Etymology
top +? neck
Noun
topneck (plural topnecks)
- 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)
- (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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