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Cherry

A British slang term for one pound. It is an example of Cockney rhyming slang.

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The actual scene, however, is cheerful enough on this early summer day--a symphony, as we said, in cherries and goldfinches, in which the higher valleys of the Cevennes abound.

I could have fancied, amid the quivering of the great bunches of fruit, that they were cherries on the wing.

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Tommy, who was of a susceptible disposition, and very fond of his mother, and who had, besides, eaten so many cherries as to have his feelings less under command than usual, was so affected by the dreadful picture she had made of the possible future that he began to cry; and the good-natured father, indulgent to all weaknesses but those of negligent farmers, said to Hetty, "You'd better take the things off again, my lass; it hurts your aunt to see 'em.

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Out of 100,000 tons of cherries produced in Uzbekistan, some 30 percent is exported to CIS and other foreign countries per year.

Uzbek farmers consider advanced approaches for sweet cherries production

A useful--and surprising--clue to the change in the symbolic meaning of cherries may be found in the once silver-bright form of a 600-year old badge (Fig.

SEXING UP THE CHERRY: The symbolic meaning of the cherry has changed significantly over time--as a look at medieval pilgrim badges and psalters, Renaissance paintings, and modern pop videos suggests

The maraschino cherry has come of age, thanks to officials at Twisted Cherries, LLC, who have introduced a line of alcohol-infused cherries to the market.

Hard cherries

Taking her obsession with cherries to the next level, Katy Perry baked the world's 'best cherry pie' in New York City's Times Square.

LOOK: Katy Perry bakes cherry pies to promote new single

From savoury dishes like chicken curry to delicious desserts like cakes, juices and chilled soups for summers, there are many ways to use cherries in our food.

One ingredient five ways: Cherries in Muscat

If life really is a bowl of cherries, we'd better start saving up to pay for them.

STONE ME; THIS IS NOT JUST DEAR. THIS IS M&S DEAR; Marks charge PS8 for cherries (at 23p a fruit)

The co-op is the largest grower-processor of sweet cherries in the world and produces dried fruit, canned cherries, and fresh cherries.

Oregon Cherry Growers buys Bell Foods' cherry operations

Cherry Country's gourmet chocolate-covered cherries always are chewy, never gooey.

Cherry and chocolate combo--a chewy fave

Black cherry is widely reported to be the largest of the native cherries and the only native cherry to be considered commercially valuable.