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applejohn
applejohn
See also: apple-john
English
Alternative forms
- apple john
- apple-john
Noun
applejohn (plural applejohns)
- (obsolete) A variety of apple which can be kept for a long period, gradually becoming dry and withered; known today as the French Crab
- a. 1599, William Shakespeare, II Henry IV, Act II Scene IV:
- What the devil hast thou brought there? apple-johns? / thou knowest Sir John cannot endure an apple-john.
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