Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kind of apple, considered to be in perfection when shriveled and withered.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of applejohn.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also
Johnapple .
Examples
“She now denied that Ashbless had said anything about road apples, but might have used the word “apple-john” instead, although neither of the two terms seemed to make good sense to her.”
“Why, my skin hangs about me like an old ladys loose gown; I am withered like an old apple-john.”
“Why my skin hangs about me like an like an old lady's loose gown; I am withered like an old apple-john.”
“To our minds, whether the small man’s face had the appearance of a road apple or an apple-john, the result is equally problematic.”
“Why my skin hangs about me like an like an old lady’s loose gown; I am withered like an old apple-john.”
“Mrs. Cutts and Mrs. Washington, are like two merry wives of Windsor; but as to Jemmy Madison, ” oh, poor Jemmy! ” he is but a withered little apple-john.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘apple-john’.
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iRosaceae
An ode to apples. I am much indebted to 'Wild Apples' which, though probably not likely to change your life and improve your productivity at the sausage factory, will enthrall you with half an hou...
rosaceae, apple, maelon, crab, jonathon, eden, temptation, clan lamont, eye, sward, pomona, granny smith and 135 more...
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Slings and Arrows: Shakespearean Insults
artless, baudy, beslubbering, bootless, churlish, cockered, clouted, craven, dankish, dissembling, droning, errant and 116 more...
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adamantine, almond, alpenglow, amaranth, amaranthine, amaretto, amarelle, amethyst, anacampserote, ampersand, andromeda, anemone and 153 more...
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The House
A list compiled while reading The House: The History of the House of Representatives.
rowdyism, deglutition, levee, mandarine, frenchify, malarious, interregnum, pasha, mandamus, obstreperous, putrescent, apple-john and 37 more...
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seanahan Also the bizarro version of John who develops Wordie on an iMac. Feb 20, 2008
bilby "... my skin hangs about me like an old lady's loose gown; I am withered like an old apple-john."
- 'Henry IV', William Shakespeare. Feb 19, 2008