Appleseed

[ ap-uhl-seed ]

noun
  1. Johnny John Chapman, 1774–1845, American pioneer and orchardist: prototype for character in American folklore.

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How to use Appleseed in a sentence

  • These are the three strands that comprise Matt Bell’s ambitious, capacious novel Appleseed.

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  • “I still wanna make narratives, I still wanna figure out my Johnny Appleseed story in a better way,” he says.

  • "It's Johnny Appleseed," a man at my side told me, as if the name explained anything he might do.

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  • When Johnny Appleseed finished reading the leaves he put them back in his bag, and took his kettle to the well for water.

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  • Some boys, awake with the bigness of the occasion, sat down near Johnny Appleseed, and gave him their frank attention.

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  • When everybody but ourselves had left the starlit open place, Johnny Appleseed lay down and stretched his heels to the blaze.

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  • These Johnny Appleseed reverently loosened, bringing forth a small book with wooden covers fastened by a padlock.

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