appleknocker
Americannoun
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Northern U.S. a rustic.
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a farm laborer, especially a fruit picker.
Etymology
Origin of appleknocker
1910–15; apple + knocker; from the practice of picking apples by knocking them from trees
Example Sentences
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In the second round the balding apple-knocker from the Yakima Valley let loose a looping right, and it caught the champion, high on the cheek.
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