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pippin

[pip-in]

noun

  1. any of numerous roundish or oblate varieties of apple.

  2. Botany.,  a seed.



pippin

/ ˈpɪpɪn /

noun

  1. any of several varieties of eating apple with a rounded oblate shape

  2. the seed of any of these fruits

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pippin1

1250–1300; Middle English pipin, variant of pepin < Old French
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pippin1

C13: from Old French pepin, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

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Rich Pippin, president of the Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, called it the “worst day in the history of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.”

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Merry and Pippin, declare that after reading “The Lord of the Rings” after college, “I realized that Aragorn is the Apollonian model of manhood … The Hobbits are us. And we should love life as much as they do.”

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Included in this group was Erica Stahl, owner of Pippin, a gift shop in Edinburgh.

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The Taper production of “Pippin” convinced Arden to give L.A. a go.

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“He directed the Deaf West ‘Pippin’ at the Mark Taper Forum, which I also did, and then I kind of followed in his footsteps.

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