codling
noun
any of several varieties of elongated apples, used for cooking purposes.
codlin
-
a variation of
codling.
Example Sentences
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Especially, ask about local varieties, from keswick codlin and worcester pearmain to cornish aromatic and beauty of kent.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2019
Scald a codlin before it be ripe, or any other sharp apple, and pulp it through a sieve.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
Liking variations of flavour in fruit, he occasionally diversified the plums with a sour codlin apple, a dozen or so of which he had stowed away in his trousers' pockets.
From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood
"A portrait of Notre Dame de Bon Lecours, I shouldn't wonder," said Jack; "but what had that to do with hot codlins: a codlin is a fish, is it not?"
From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien
The modern form is due to such apple names as golding, sweeting, codlin, pippin.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
