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appleknocker

[ ap-uhl-nok-er ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. Northern U.S. a rustic.
  2. a farm laborer, especially a fruit picker.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of appleknocker1

1910–15; apple + knocker; from the practice of picking apples by knocking them from trees

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