Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of apple.
- n. Cockney rhyming slang Stairs. Short for apples and pears.
- n. Australia, Australian rhyming slang Nice, fine.
Examples
“Abu Ghraib was not about 'a few bad apples 'and neither is our two-party Vichy regime. yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Abu Ghraib was not about \'a few bad apples\ 'and neither is our two-party Vichy regime.”
Abu Ghraib was not about 'a few bad apples' and neither is our two-party Vichy regime.
“Simmer for another minute and remove the apples from the pan, leaving as much of the butter-sugar mixture as possible.”
“I'm just trying to inspire women to dress for the wonderful creation around them and be inspired by nature and other things around them: the pretty blue sky, a field of wheat shimmering in the dusk, or a bowl of shiny "Pink-Lady" apples from the market.”
“The science of growing apples is called pomology, from the French word for apple, pomme.”
“I hope, and trust that Chief Vern White will remove the bad apples from the Ottawa police force.”
“We shopped at the same Jitney Jungle and sometimes we would both be choosing apples from the same pile in the produce department.”
“An embarrassment of apples is easy enough to deal with, either packing them in newspaper if they are the thick-skinned sort that keep, or slicing them, tossing with lemon juice and sugar and freezing them, ready for crumbles and winter breakfasts of stewed apple.”
The Guardian: Nigel Slater's runner bean chutney and simple pear tart recipes
“But the problem with early apples is that they don't keep very well – a week or so at best.”
“Derek Clark, 77, still young and loves apples," is how it describes the East Midlands MEP.”
“The solution to these problem is not to throw out the baby with the bath water by imposing a total ban on distance learning, but to remove the rotten apples from the barrel.”
The Huffington Post: Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Education Unbanned!
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘apples’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Vendance Is Mine
Vot? Stuff dispensed from vending machines. Don't ask vhy.
p.s. Generic, no brand names please.bubblegum, soft drinks, cigarettes, coffee, muesli bars, phone cards, stale peanuts, chicken salad san..., cheeseburger, peanut butter coo..., an original work ..., amaretto-flavored... and 62 more...
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vegan
vegan food list of basic vegan food or types of vegan food you've had and liked.
( food, cuisine, eating, health, vegan, vegetarian, animal rights, anti-cruelty, no meat, herbivore, s...tofu, hummus, falafel, cookie, soy, nuts, fruit, burrito, veggie burger, soy cheese, rice, pasta and 52 more...
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IxLovexApples's list
this is a list of the words I use the most. if you look at all of them you can kind of tell my personality.
bitch, hot, kool, wow, wtf, omfg, slut, ass, gay, ugh, bleh, spaz and 12 more...
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him and i
peach, left, alone, abandon, horid, gay, bloody, beautiful, outside, inside, confused, unconditional and 111 more...
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Groceries
strawberries, baby spinach, black beans, cinnamon, oranges, apples, fstg multigrain t..., olive oil, simply orange juice, tomato sauce, wholly guacamole, salt sense and 115 more...
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•Open List: Anything But Random Words
A Word Association list. Explain your connection to the previous entry.
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Evocative smells
They remind me of a particular time, place, or activity
cigar smoke, apples, tea roses, wild roses, lysol, shoe polish, linseed oil, school house, coal dust, mock orange, chlorine, violets and 116 more...
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
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Odorous
Things the scent of which renders something, or someone, odorous, per weirdnet.
What do you smell like?violet, vanilla, tea, tansy, spice, musk, mint, lemon, honey, ginger, clove, cinnamon and 8 more...
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groceries
apples, bananas, green pepper, onion, garlic, green onion, bean sprouts, hamburger, pork, chicken, tomatoes, chicken broth and 34 more...
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Groceries
I list everything else. Why the hell not?
artichoke hearts, ceci beans, ramen, zucchini, green beans, broccoli, carrots, onions, canned tomatoes (..., tomato paste, dark red kidney b..., black beans and 78 more...
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My writing
Words I like to use in poetry and stuff
stretch, youth, metallic touch, absent, love, stay, sing-song, human, claws, error, correct, i and 38 more...
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Cockney rhyming slang
"Rhyming slang is a form of slang in which a word is replaced by a rhyming word, typically the second word of a two-word phrase (so stairs becomes "apples and pears"). The second word is then often...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for apples.
punkin Cockney slang: apples (and pears) = stairs Aug 16, 2009