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
This kindness was because the Caddagat orchard had been too infested with codlin moth for grannie to save any last season.
From My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
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
Tits are often very troublesome; they peck holes in the fruit, apparently in search of the larvae of the codlin moth, leaving an opening for wasps and flies.
From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Arthur H. Savory
"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
