pippin
Americannoun
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any of numerous roundish or oblate varieties of apple.
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Botany. a seed.
noun
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any of several varieties of eating apple with a rounded oblate shape
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the seed of any of these fruits
Etymology
Origin of pippin
1250–1300; Middle English pipin, variant of pepin < Old French
Example Sentences
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People still hymn, with some justification, the complexity of the cox’s orange pippin, which is, variously, credited with spice-like, honeyed and subtle tropical fruit flavours, but how often have you eaten a genuinely outstanding one?
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015
I zoomed in on a bowl of green pippin apples, fixating on their aesthetic beauty more than their sweet taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the Chancellorship fell like a ripe pippin into the calmly outstretched hand of swank, sardonic, intriguing Defense Minister Kurt von Schleicher who is a full general at the age of 50.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do's contains a number of pastoral hints for the urban dropout, including 18th century dessert recipes for such forgotten goodies as pippin tarts.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We need extra eggs, hard cheese, pippin apples, and savory. And lemons. I’ll have to go to the market again,” sighed Mother.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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