Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A reddish winter apple, with a subacid flavor. Also
go-no-further .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called
go-no-further .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
choice winter apple with a slightlyacid taste.
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Examples
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The robins have come back, our robins that nest each spring in the old seek-no-further.
Back Home Eugene Wood 1891
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The youth recognizes the seek-no-further buried beneath a dozen other varieties, the moment he catches a glance of its eye, or the bonny-cheeked Newtown pippin, or the gentle but sharp-nosed gilliflower.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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The youth recognizes the seek-no-further, buried beneath a dozen other varieties, the moment he catches a glance of its eye, or the bonny-cheeked Newtown pippin, or the gentle but sharp-nosed gillyflower.
Winter Sunshine John Burroughs 1879
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And now, when the seek-no-further hung ruddy on the orchard bough, and the wild bigonia swang in air ten thousand trumpets of red gold, Burr reappeared at the
A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878
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