snow apple


noun

Origin of snow apple

1
First recorded in 1765–75

Words Nearby snow apple

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How to use snow apple in a sentence

  • “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.

    Peck's Compendium of Fun | George W. Peck
  • Hildegarde thought her more like a snow-apple than ever, and hoped Jack saw how pretty and sweet she was.

    Hildegarde's Harvest | Laura E. Richards
  • Well, I thought of a snow-apple then, and thought you looked the most like one of anything in the world.

    Narcissa, or the Road to Rome | Laura E. Richards
  • There's the snow-apple which has red-striped fruit—a chaffinch used to nest in it.

  • "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.

    Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa | George W. Peck

British Dictionary definitions for snow apple

snow apple

noun
  1. a Canadian variety of eating apple

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