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
One day, I was walking up Main Street, caught up in my own little contest of tossing a hedge apple into the air and catching it, hoping to count to two hundred catches without dropping.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
He cradled the hedge apple gently in his hands.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
He knew I couldn’t look at a hedge apple without thinking of him.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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
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