Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small mop or broom of birch twigs, used by scullery-maids in scrubbing out pots, pans, etc.

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Examples

  • My Canadian iPod was Canadian bacon wrapped in a mapple leaf connected to 2 Jos.

    WILL TERRY GILLIAM CGI HEATH LEDGER? 2008

  • We are one of thousands of real estate sites which will show home listings. reply mapple real estate rome

    Yahoo Revamps Real Estate Site Michael Arrington 2005

  • Personally I would recomend that he should be custard pied whenever he appears in public until he gives up his crack pipe and goes back to looking for little green men hiding the mapple syrup he wants for his breakfast.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • I don't know who to blame for this, but I have a hunch and it rhymes with "mapple datent."

    WMExperts 2009

  • And AFAIK, nv and mapple have been friends for a long time.

    bit-tech.net Feed 2009

  • I thought "mapple leaves" were what photographers used to pretend to cover their subject’s erect penis.

    WILL TERRY GILLIAM CGI HEATH LEDGER? 2008

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