hedge apple
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A hedge apple fallen on a car’s hood is “not the body / of a green, malignant thought, neither omen nor even / punishment for our evening’s joy.”
From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2019
Slowly, thoughtfully, I took up catching the hedge apple again, One, two, three..., but I wasn’t really paying attention to my counting anymore.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
I looked up in the hedge apple trees to see if she’d flown up there.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
He curled the hedge apple behind him and let it fly a little harder than planned, knocking the smaller jack out of the circle.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Jeb stooped to pick up a hedge apple and pitched it across the road.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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