snow apple

noun

1. Fameuse.

snow apple

noun

1. a Canadian variety of eating apple

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow apple¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

“I aint no Joner,” said the boy as he wiped his nose on his coat sleeve, and reached into a barrel for a snow apple.

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Hildegarde thought her more like a snow-apple than ever, and hoped Jack saw how pretty and sweet she was.

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Well, I thought of a snow-apple then, and thought you looked the most like one of anything in the world.

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There's the snow-apple which has red-striped fruit—a chaffinch used to nest in it.

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"I aint no Joner," said the boy as he wiped his nose on his coat sleeve, and reached into a barrel for a snow apple.

From Project Gutenberg