Appleseed

[ ap-uhl-seed ]

/ ˈæp əlˌsid /

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noun

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.
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"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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