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  • proper noun A topographic surname for someone associated with an orchard

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Examples

  • "Appleyard" -- the newcomer was saying, as he entered; but he stopped dead.

    The Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • The writer, Appleyard, is clearly fascinated by Taleb’s evolutionary fitness routine, which he picked up from Art De Vany:

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom « Isegoria 2008

  • 'Sergeant Major' Appleyard's cooking skills - and admire the meal as a culinary work of art

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • Analyst Roger Appleyard of RBC Capital Markets said that the long term looks brighter than the present because personal-computer penetration is low and Greece still needs to build a next-generation broadband network.

    Bargain Hunting in Greece Christopher Lawton 2011

  • Thank you, Bryan Appleyard, for finding something interesting to say about football, which I thought an impossible feat.

    Media Maxine 2009

  • The current owners took over in 2005 when the shop moved into the Appleyard, a courtyard of specialist and independent shops, galleries and restaurants just off the high street.

    Independent Bookshops in East England 2011

  • Holt BookshopUnit 10, Appleyard, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6AR, 01263 715858There's been an independent bookshop in the Georgian market town of Holt for 25 years.

    Independent Bookshops in East England 2011

  • So I learn from Bryan Appleyard -- see Thought Experiments: The Blog: Twitter -- that he isn't a fan of Twitter (or Twittr as might have been a trendier name for the mini-blogette).

    Websites Maxine 2009

  • Prospect magazine has an utterly risible list of "top 100" intellectuals (via Bryan Appleyard and Frank Wilson, both of whom offer their opinions at the links provided).

    Miscellaneous Maxine 2009

  • However, returning to the main point, Frank Wilson and Bryan Appleyard are, of course, founder members of the Failed Intellectuals Society.

    Miscellaneous Maxine 2009

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