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  • noun Plural form of apple.
  • noun Cockney rhyming slang Stairs. Short for apples and pears.
  • noun Australia, Australian rhyming slang Nice, fine.

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Examples

  • Abu Ghraib was not about 'a few bad apples 'and neither is our two-party Vichy regime. yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Abu Ghraib was not about \'a few bad apples\ 'and neither is our two-party Vichy regime.'

    Abu Ghraib was not about 'a few bad apples' and neither is our two-party Vichy regime. 2008

  • I'm just trying to inspire women to dress for the wonderful creation around them and be inspired by nature and other things around them: the pretty blue sky, a field of wheat shimmering in the dusk, or a bowl of shiny "Pink-Lady" apples from the market.

    Clothing Inspiration from Produce 2009

  • An embarrassment of apples is easy enough to deal with, either packing them in newspaper if they are the thick-skinned sort that keep, or slicing them, tossing with lemon juice and sugar and freezing them, ready for crumbles and winter breakfasts of stewed apple.

    Nigel Slater's runner bean chutney and simple pear tart recipes Nigel Slater 2010

  • But the problem with early apples is that they don't keep very well ā€“ a week or so at best.

    Gardens: Apple glut Naomi Slade 2010

  • We shopped at the same Jitney Jungle and sometimes we would both be choosing apples from the same pile in the produce department.

    Eudora Welty (copy) ____Maggie 2009

  • Simmer for another minute and remove the apples from the pan, leaving as much of the butter-sugar mixture as possible.

    2009 May archive at 2009

  • Simmer for another minute and remove the apples from the pan, leaving as much of the butter-sugar mixture as possible.

    Iā€™m back! at 2009

  • The science of growing apples is called pomology, from the French word for apple, pomme.

    September in the Mexican sierra: an abundance of apples 2009

  • Simmer for another minute and remove the apples from the pan, leaving as much of the butter-sugar mixture as possible.

    2009 May archive at 2009

  • I hope, and trust that Chief Vern White will remove the bad apples from the Ottawa police force.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

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  • Cockney slang: apples (and pears) = stairs

    August 16, 2009